Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 5 Oct 2001 12:36:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 5 Oct 2001 12:36:14 -0400 Received: from zcars0m9.nortelnetworks.com ([47.129.242.157]:26040 "EHLO zcars0m9.nortelnetworks.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 5 Oct 2001 12:36:00 -0400 Message-ID: <3BBDE1AA.98C4712F@nortelnetworks.com> Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 12:36:58 -0400 X-Sybari-Space: 00000000 00000000 00000000 From: "Christopher Friesen" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.3-custom i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: lkv@isg.de Cc: "Kernel, Linux" Subject: Re: Desperately missing a working "pselect()" or similar... In-Reply-To: <3BBDD37D.56D7B359@isg.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Orig: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org lkv@isg.de wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm currently looking for a decent method to wait on either > an I/O event _or_ a signal coming from another process. > - Unix domain sockets would be awkward to use due to the fact > I'd need to come up with some "filenames" for them to bind to, > and both security considerations and the danger of "leaking" > files that remain on disk forever make me shudder... If you use a named socket in the abstract namespace, then it can't "leak" to disk.... Chris -- Chris Friesen | MailStop: 043/33/F10 Nortel Networks | work: (613) 765-0557 3500 Carling Avenue | fax: (613) 765-2986 Nepean, ON K2H 8E9 Canada | email: cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/