Re: Socket's close() doesn't close connection (old bug?)

[Martin Egholm Nielsen <martin at egholm-nielsen dot dk>]

Hi Florian,

> > 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>.
Call me stupid, but I didn't see anybody agreeing on a solution, right?

It seems that one should never block forever, if not satisfied with the 
possibility to get stuck forever... :-)

BR,
 Martin