Subject: Re: reading from named pipes
To: Charles M. Hannum <mycroft@ai.mit.edu>
From: Randy Terbush <randy@zyzzyva.com>
List: current-users
Date: 05/10/1995 17:51:18
>
> I have two processes reading from the same named pipe.
> The output written to the pipe seems to get evenly split
> between the two processes.
>
> The wakeup queue is equivalent to a simple round-robin scheduler. One
> process is going to complete a read() and then get stuck back at the
> end of the queue.
>
> Feature or bug?
>
> More importantly, why is it an issue?
I have two processes reading from the same pipe. I would like
them to each be getting the same information.