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SubjectRe: UDP recvmsg blocks after select(), 2.6 bug?
On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Richard B. Johnson wrote:

> thing --not. Select must return correct information.

It does, it's just state that select() reported on changed by the
time user called recvmsg.

> When a function call like select() says there are data available,
> there must be data available, period.

There was, but there wasnt when recvmsg() was called. Time changes
things..

> If not, it's broken and needs to be fixed. Requiring one to set
> sockets to non-blocking is a poor work- around for an otherwise
> fatal flaw.

Any application that expects socket read not to block should set
O_NONBLOCK.

> Cheers,
> Dick Johnson

regards,
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