Re: select(2), usbserial, tty's and disconnect

[linux-os]

On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Joerg Pommnitz wrote:

> Hello all,
> currently it seems that select keeps blocking when the USB device behind
> ttyUSBx gets unplugged. My understanding is, that select should return
> when the next call to one of the operations (read/write) will not block.
> This is certainly true for failing with ENODEV. So, is this an issue
> that will be fixed or should I poll (not the syscall) the device? Or is
> there another way to monitor for a vanishing tty (it should not be USB
> specific).
>
> Thanks in advance
>  Joerg

In principle, you need to set your device handle (socket or fd)
to non-blocking before you use select() or poll(). It was never
resolved if the current behavior is a BUG. Nevertheless, it
is unlikely that it will be fixed because there is the belief
that it is NOT a BUG and even if it is a BUG, programs depend
upon this BUG to work.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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