netdev - Re: [PATCH 6/6] Phonet: pipe end-point protocol documentation

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Message-ID: <48E394F2.2080808@nortel.com>
Date:	Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:19:14 -0400
From:	"Randy Macleod" <macleodr@...tel.com>
To:	Remi Denis-Courmont <remi.denis-courmont@...ia.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] Phonet: pipe end-point protocol documentation

Remi Denis-Courmont wrote:
> From: Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi.denis-courmont@...ia.com>
...
> +WARNING:
> +When polling a connected pipe socket for writability, there is an
> +intrinsic race condition whereby writability might be lost between the
> +polling and the writing system calls. In this case, the socket will
> +block until write because possible again, unless non-blocking mode is
---------------------becomes
> +enabled.

// Randy
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