From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 22:29:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 22:28:59 -0500 Received: from a203-167-249-89.reverse.clear.net.nz ([203.167.249.89]:23050 "HELO metastasis.f00f.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 22:28:44 -0500 Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 16:28:40 +1300 From: Chris Wedgwood To: Michael Rothwell Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: O_NONBLOCK, read(), select(), NFS, Ext2, etc. Message-ID: <20010112162840.A14811@metastasis.f00f.org> In-Reply-To: <200101120327.f0C3Rxc02512@513.holly-springs.nc.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200101120327.f0C3Rxc02512@513.holly-springs.nc.us>; from rothwell@holly-springs.nc.us on Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 09:34:08PM -0500 X-No-Archive: Yes Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 09:34:08PM -0500, Michael Rothwell wrote: The man pages for open, read and write say that if a file is opened using the O_NONBLOCK flag, then read() and write() will always return immediately and not block the calling process. the man pages are wrong --cw - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/