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Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 23:15:36 +0200 (CEST)
From: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
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To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
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Subject: Re: manipulating sigmask from filesystems and drivers 
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Hi,

On Thu, 1 Aug 2002, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> Go read the standards. Some IO is not interruptible.

Which standard? Which "some IO"?
Some programs rely on interruptable IO, e.g. to implement timeouts.
/me is confused.

bye, Roman

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