Subject: Re: sys_select() EBADF bug
To: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
From: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
List: tech-kern
Date: 11/16/2002 13:05:34
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 01:41:46PM +0100, der Mouse wrote:
> >> [...]
> > The only really safe way to support fds > (the default) FD_SETSIZE is
> > to convert the programs to use poll().
>
> "Really safe"? Safe against what? This sounds as though you're saying
> that defining a larger FD_SETSIZE and then proceeding to use it won't
> actually work right.
And portable.....
David
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