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Re: Socket's close() doesn't close connection (old bug?)
* Tom Tromey:
> Martin> So I guess it's only a matter of interrupting any blocking thread when
> Martin> close() is invoked - then everything will be good?!
>
> I've always thought this bug to be rather strange, as I would have
> expected the kernel to notify all read()ers on an fd that was closed
> out from under them. Most likely this just points out some flaw in my
> understanding though.
This has been discussed on linux-kernel, see
<http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=99183809500003>.
> I wonder whether using select before the read would help.
There would still be a race between the select and read.