Messages in this thread | | | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: PATCH - x86-64 signed-compare bug, was Re: select() setting ERESTARTNOHAND (514). | Date | Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:37:05 +0100 |
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On Thursday 11 January 2007 02:02, Neil Brown wrote: > On Thursday January 11, ak@suse.de wrote: > > > Just a 'me too' at this point. > > > The X server on my shiny new notebook (Core 2 Duo) occasionally dies > > > with 'select' repeatedly returning ERESTARTNOHAND. It is most > > > annoying! > > > > Normally it should be only visible in strace. Did you see it without > > strace? > > No, only in strace.
strace leaks internal errors. At some point that should be fixed, but it's not really a serious problem.
There was one other report of internal errors leaking without strace, but it was vague and I never got confirmation.
> Still, I think it would be safer to have the cast, in case the compiler > decided to be clever.... or does the C standard ensure against that?
It does.
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