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From: "Bill Rugolsky Jr." <brugolsky@telemetry-investments.com>
To: torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@osdl.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, brugolsky@telemetry-investments.com
Subject: [PATCH][3/4] poll()/select() timeout behavior
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 16:03:24 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040220210324.GD1912@ti19.telemetry-investments.com> (raw)

This patch changes select() and poll() to not wait forever when a valid,
but large timeout value is supplied.  The SUSv3 manual page for select(2)
states:

  "If the timeout argument specifies a timeout interval greater than the
  implementation-defined maximum value, the maximum value shall be used as
  the actual timeout value."

Both select() and poll() have a well-defined mechanism to wait forever,
so there is no need for the existing behavior.

Please apply.

    Bill Rugolsky
            
--- linux/fs/select.c	2004-02-20 14:27:24.784616879 -0500
+++ linux/fs/select.c	2004-02-20 14:27:28.264660774 -0500
@@ -316,6 +316,8 @@
 		if ((unsigned long) sec < (MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT-1) / HZ - 1) {
 			timeout = ROUND_UP(usec, 1000000/HZ);
 			timeout += sec * (unsigned long) HZ;
+		} else {
+			timeout = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT-1;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -476,7 +478,7 @@
 			if (seconds <= (MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT-2) / HZ - 1)
 				timeout += seconds*HZ;
 			else
-				timeout = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
+				timeout = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT-1;
 		}
 	}
 

             reply	other threads:[~2004-02-20 21:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-02-20 21:03 Bill Rugolsky Jr. [this message]
2004-02-20 21:55 ` Richard B. Johnson

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