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DateSun, 29 Jun 2008 13:37:57 +0100
FromAlan Cox <>
SubjectRe: Ctrl+C doesn't interrupt process waiting for I/O
> Applications should not assume that write() (or other syscalls) can't 
> return EINTR. Not all filesystems have a bounded-time backing store.

Unix tradition (and thus almost all applications) believe file store
writes to be non signal interruptible. It would not be safe or practical
to change that guarantee.

Alan


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