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Dinesh Nair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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: On 10/28/05 16:40 Dinesh Nair said the following:
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: > On 10/28/05 10:52 M. Warner Losh said the following:
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: >> libc_r will block all other threads in the application while an ioctl
: >> executes. libpthread and libthr won't. I've had several bugs at work
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: > which is a Good Thing(tm) indeed for me on 4.x.
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: which may not be a Good Thing(tm) after all. this could be causing the
: problem i'm seeing with the driver on 4.x. any methods to get around this,
: short of not using threads ?
Use non-blocking I/O + read/write channels + select/poll instead of
ioctl for things you want to block. Your thread can then read/write
to that channel, and since the treading package does the select behind
the scenes, it will be good for you.
Warner
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