Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 07:21:06 -0500 From: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@freebsd.org> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sysctl spinning (was: Re: ps Causes Hard Hang) Message-ID: <200403041221.i24CL6RG011463@green.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> <20040304224900.K8400@gamplex.bde.org>
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Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> wrote: > On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Don Lewis wrote: > > There may be cases when it is valid to retry the request. > > > > The code that loops on EAGAIN was added in the rev 1.63 of > > kern_sysctl.c. > > I think EAGAIN was only meant for retrying after transient changes > to the data. Do you think you could document and clarify this if you find out for certain, especially with regard to EWOULDBLOCK (which should have the same intention, or our implementation is broken). -- Brian Fundakowski Feldman \'[ FreeBSD ]''''''''''\ <> green@FreeBSD.org \ The Power to Serve! \ Opinions expressed are my own. \,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,\
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