> The misunderstanding is from the docs. > The select() does not report device errors. > Select will just "more precisely, to see if a read will not block".
This is a much slighter misunderstanding. The result of the 'select' function tells you nothing about what a particular 'read' will or will not do. It's just a status reporting function. Saying that 'select' tells you 'a read will not block' is as misleading as saying 'access' tells you if an 'open' will succeed. All status reporting functions report status. You can phrase this about what a hypothetical concurrent operation *would* *have* done. But it is misleading to phrase it as what an actual future operation *will* do. The kernel does not predict the future. DS - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
