From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 30 00:21:08 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24A5F16A4CE; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 00:21:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19A1243D45; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 00:21:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0DA5972DD4; Sun, 29 Aug 2004 17:21:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 085A372DCB; Sun, 29 Aug 2004 17:21:08 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 17:21:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Andre Oppermann In-Reply-To: <412FA7E8.80BE87BC@freebsd.org> Message-ID: <20040829172000.F69068@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <412FA7E8.80BE87BC@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Fwd: cvs commit: src/sys/kern sys_generic.c] X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 00:21:08 -0000 On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Andre Oppermann wrote: > Maybe this fixes poll() problems/errors some people have seen on their > machines. I am not sure if this alignment would have caused problems > on non-ia32 architectures but it is certainly more correct now. ;-) Heh. Its possible; I spent a few hours on Saturday trying to trigger any apparent poll() wakeup problems with unix domain sockets and TCP with no joy. The one report that was forwarded to me involved some windowmaker dockapps and the poll()s were probably sitting on the X domain socket. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org