On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, D. J. Bernstein wrote: > O_NONBLOCK is not an fd property. It is an ofile property. Two different > fds created by dup() will point to the same O_NONBLOCK bit. Who says that accept() is to use dup()? There is a difference in "new file descriptor" (what accept returns) and "copy of the file descriptor" (what dup returns). You are relying on unspecified implementation details(*) and claiming Linux was buggy. Please show papers that document either that accept must use dup or that accept must copy file descriptor flags before claiming someone else misbehaving. *) unspecified as per SUS v2, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Solaris, HP-UX manual pages. -- Matthias Andree - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
