From owner-cvs-all Wed Dec 12 10:53:36 2001 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [216.33.66.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E86CD37B41B; Wed, 12 Dec 2001 10:53:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id 7472D81D01; Wed, 12 Dec 2001 12:53:24 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 12:53:24 -0600 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Bruce Evans Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/fs/fifofs fifo_vnops.c Message-ID: <20011212125324.R92148@elvis.mu.org> References: <200112120935.fBC9ZXJ53890@freefall.freebsd.org> <20011212231111.Y34887-100000@gamplex.bde.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011212231111.Y34887-100000@gamplex.bde.org>; from bde@zeta.org.au on Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 11:14:18PM +1100 Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Bruce Evans [011212 06:13] wrote: > On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > > alfred 2001/12/12 01:35:33 PST > > > > Modified files: > > sys/fs/fifofs fifo_vnops.c > > Log: > > Fix select on named pipes without a reader. > > > > PR: kern/19871 > > MFC after: 1 month > > No, it will be backed out. I believe other systems implement this by > making the semantics of select() incompatible with read(). They don't > just break read(). Could you be more clear on how this breaks read(2)? -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' http://www.morons.org/rants/gpl-harmful.php3 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message