Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Jul 2002 13:51:25 +0200 | From | Matthias Andree <> | Subject | Re: close return value |
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On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Yes, EAGAIN doesn't really work as a close return value, simply because > _nobody_ expects that (and leaving the file descriptor open after a > close() is definitely unexpected, ie people can very validly complain > about buggy behaviour).
non-issue, since EAGAIN would violates the specs that don't list EGAIN (and EAGAIN in response does not make sense either, the kernel should then try harder to get the I/O completed).
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