From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 3 19:34:22 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2140816A473 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 19:34:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout7.cac.washington.edu (mxout7.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0069813C4D1 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 19:34:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout7.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.09) with ESMTP id m03JY8el021021 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 3 Jan 2008 11:34:08 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from dzihan.cs.washington.edu (dzihan.cs.washington.edu [128.208.4.96]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.09) with ESMTP id m03JY7Ew000389 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 3 Jan 2008 11:34:08 -0800 Message-ID: <477D38AF.2070603@u.washington.edu> Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:34:07 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071003) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Metin KAYA References: <1571995824.20080103205248@EnderUNIX.org> In-Reply-To: <1571995824.20080103205248@EnderUNIX.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.4.1.325704, Antispam-Engine: 2.6.0.325393, Antispam-Data: 2008.1.3.111644 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='BODY_SIZE_900_999 0, __CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: select X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:34:22 -0000 Metin KAYA wrote: > Hi all, > > How select(2) will behave if I give the "utimeout" parameter as > NULL? > > -- > Metin KAYA > EnderUNIX Software Developer Endersys Software Engineer > http://www.EnderUNIX.org/metin http://www.Endersys.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > In the future: Why not try compiling a simple test program to try it out or google the subject...? Your doing that would be more effective use of your time and others'.. My guess is that it's implementation independent and may involve segfaults or other 'unknown' behavior, as it's not a defined input.. -Garrett