Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 07:21:13 +0000 (UTC) From: Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r198781 - head/lib/libc/sys Message-ID: <200911020721.nA27LDq1048764@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: cperciva Date: Mon Nov 2 07:21:13 2009 New Revision: 198781 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/198781 Log: Attempt to reduce accidental foot-shooting by pointing out that accept(2)ed sockets do not necessarily inherit O_NONBLOCK from listening sockets on non-FreeBSD platforms. Feet shot: cperciva MFC after: 1 month Modified: head/lib/libc/sys/accept.2 Modified: head/lib/libc/sys/accept.2 ============================================================================== --- head/lib/libc/sys/accept.2 Mon Nov 2 06:36:54 2009 (r198780) +++ head/lib/libc/sys/accept.2 Mon Nov 2 07:21:13 2009 (r198781) @@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ new socket. For some applications, performance may be enhanced by using an .Xr accept_filter 9 to pre-process incoming connections. +.Pp +Portable programs should not rely on the +.Dv O_NONBLOCK +property being inherited. .Sh RETURN VALUES The call returns \-1 on error. If it succeeds, it returns a non-negative
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