Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 30 Dec 2002 11:52:15 +0100 | From | Alex Riesen <> | Subject | Re: EINTR |
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Folkert van Heusden, Sun, Dec 29, 2002 00:37:34 +0100: > Hi, > > I always thought: you should always check for errno==EINTR when doing > read/write/recv/recvfrom/sendto. > But today I heard that when using Linux, EINTR does NEVER occur when > doing read/etc. on files. > Is this true?
It was definitely true for 2.4.9. Even on NFS mounted files. What happen if the volumes mounted with intr, btw?
> And also: is this also true for sockets? and recv & friends?
No. You _have_to_ check EINTR for sockets, fifos, and pipes.
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