Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 12:53:24 -0600 From: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@FreeBSD.org> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> 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> In-Reply-To: <20011212231111.Y34887-100000@gamplex.bde.org>; from bde@zeta.org.au on Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 11:14:18PM %2B1100 References: <200112120935.fBC9ZXJ53890@freefall.freebsd.org> <20011212231111.Y34887-100000@gamplex.bde.org>
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* Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> [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
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