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Re: Linux 2.6.0-test9

To: torvalds@xxxxxxxx (Linus Torvalds)
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.0-test9
From: kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 22:36:21 +0300 (MSK)
Cc: akpm@xxxxxxxx, Andries.Brouwer@xxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Kernel Mailing List), netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, davem@xxxxxxxxxx (David S. Miller), kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0310261607230.3157-100000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> from "Linus Torvalds" at Oct 26, 2003 04:21:59 PM
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Hello!

> And Alexey apparently tried to do the "FIXME" part, but without thinking 
> about the SIGURG part.

Actually, it was thought a lot for several linux-2.x. :-)


> We _need_ to stop at urgent data and we _should_ return -EINTR, and let
> the SIGURG handler do the URG read. Otherwise we'll lose urgent data (or
> we'll just read it inline without realizing that it was urgent data).

The patch was expected not to break this property. Alas, something
is overlooked yet. I still do not understand what exactly is broken,
I feel I have to find some rlogin to experiment in vivo.

Alexey


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