Re: Ctrl+C doesn't interrupt process waiting for I/O

From: Török Edwin
Date: Tue Jul 01 2008 - 04:29:58 EST


Elias Oltmanns wrote:
> Elias Oltmanns <eo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> [...]
>
>> The following patch to 2.6.26-rc8 fixes the issue for me.
>>
>
> Sorry, resending without MIME encoding the message.
>
> Regards,
>
> Elias
>
>
> --------
> From: Elias Oltmanns <eo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Make sure that interrupt characters get through reliably
>
> Since commit ec5b1157f8e819c72fc93aa6d2d5117c08cdc961, users have been
> unable to interrupt interactive processes reliably by pressing CTRL+C.
> This patch reverts the original commit except for the most important
> part: actually echoing ^C is preserved.
>

Thanks for the patch , the process seems to respond faster to Ctrl-C,
but I'll have to find a way to measure that reliably.
However ^C is not echoed anymore for me.

Best regards,
--Edwin
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