In article <0C01A29FBAE24448A792F5C68F5EA47D2D3E2B@nasdaq.ms.ensim.com>,
you write:
>
>With write(), you have to make a judgement call. Unlike read, a truncated
>write _is_ visible outside the killed process. But exactly like read()
>there _are_ system management reasons why you may really need to kill
>writers. So the debatable point comes from whether you want to consider a
>killing signal to be "exceptional enough" to warrant the partial write.
>
How about a sysctl that lets the user specify the size threshold at
which writes use a killable wait state rather than
TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE? (Probably defaulting to never.)
Paul
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