> Cute feature, but it is (I assume) a Linux-specific extension and is
> something which we'll need to maintain for ever and it invites
Actually it used to work on the old old Linux pipe code.
> unportability to older Linuxes and other OSes and it introduces some risk
> of breakage of existing
On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 19:54:53 +0200 (CEST)
Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [PATCH]: Fill the size of pipes
>
> Instead of reporting 0 in size when stating() a pipe, we give the number of
> queued bytes. This might avoid using ioctl(FIONREAD) to get this information.
>
> References and
On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 19:54:53 +0200 (CEST)
Jan Engelhardt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[PATCH]: Fill the size of pipes
Instead of reporting 0 in size when stating() a pipe, we give the number of
queued bytes. This might avoid using ioctl(FIONREAD) to get this information.
References and derived
Cute feature, but it is (I assume) a Linux-specific extension and is
something which we'll need to maintain for ever and it invites
Actually it used to work on the old old Linux pipe code.
unportability to older Linuxes and other OSes and it introduces some risk
of breakage of existing
[PATCH]: Fill the size of pipes
Instead of reporting 0 in size when stating() a pipe, we give the number of
queued bytes. This might avoid using ioctl(FIONREAD) to get this information.
References and derived from: http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/2/138
Cc: Eric Dumazet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[PATCH]: Fill the size of pipes
Instead of reporting 0 in size when stating() a pipe, we give the number of
queued bytes. This might avoid using ioctl(FIONREAD) to get this information.
References and derived from: http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/2/138
Cc: Eric Dumazet [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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