Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1764248AbXFAUE3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Jun 2007 16:04:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1762957AbXFAUEX (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Jun 2007 16:04:23 -0400 Received: from pool-151-205-99-173.ny325.east.verizon.net ([151.205.99.173]:56732 "HELO gatworks.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1762930AbXFAUEW (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Jun 2007 16:04:22 -0400 Message-ID: <46607BC5.4070408@gatworks.com> Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:04:21 -0400 From: Uncle George User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: SELECT() returns 1 But FIONREAD says (Input/output error) References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 857 Lines: 21 David Schwartz wrote: >> The misunderstanding is from the docs. >> The select() does not report device errors. >> Select will just "more precisely, to see if a read will not block". > > This is a much slighter misunderstanding. The result of the 'select' > function tells you nothing about what a particular 'read' will or will not > do. The docs 'precisely' says that it does. I'm sorry if you cannot trouble yourself to read the man pages to address your issues with the correct functionality of the select call. Maybe you can address your issues and concerns with the documentation folks. thanks again. - 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/