Re: Non-blocking I/O
Richard Gooch (Richard.Gooch@atnf.CSIRO.AU)
Fri, 17 Jul 1998 17:10:08 +1000
Chris Wedgwood writes:
> > > This really sucks because it means we have to write smarter apps. to put
> > > IO like this in another thread or some such and I'm a lazy bastard who
> > > would like to be able to avoid having to do this.
> >
> > So put it in a library _NOT_ the kernel
>
> To be perfectly honest, I'm not really sure how to modify libc/open(3) to do
> so correctly and make sure everything still works with regards to signals
> and what have you.
>
> I don't even know if its worth it, because I think someone (Gooch?) has
> already modified glibc2 so that the aio_* calls already do this.
Er, I don't think it was me: I haven't modified any glibc2
code. Perhaps you're referring to something else I've done/am working
on (such as the migrating FDs code)? I've not paid much attention to
this thread, so the context is lost on me. Do you have an executive
summary? ;-)
Regards,
Richard....
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