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From: "Charles 'Buck' Krasic" <krasic@acm.org>
Date: 19 Oct 2002 13:18:54 -0700
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Whoops.  I just realized a flaw in my own argument.  

With read, a short count might precede EOF.  Indeed, in that case,
calling epoll_getevents would cause the connection to get stuck.

Never mind my earlier message then. 

-- Buck

"Charles 'Buck' Krasic" <krasic@acm.org> writes:

> In summary, a short count is every bit as reliable as EAGAIN to know
> that it is safe to wait on epoll_getevents.

> -- Buck
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