Re: [patch] helps fe-connect.c handle -EINTR more gracefully

On 26 Oct 2001 at 00:05 (-0400), Tom Lane wrote:
| Brent Verner <brent(at)rcfile(dot)org> writes:
| > I'm not sure this is correct. I've tried to /make/ a SIGALRM cause
| > connect to errno==EINTR, but I can't cause this condition.
|
| It wouldn't surprise me in the least if this behavior is
| platform-dependent. It may well be that David's kernel will allow
| connect() to be interrupted by SIGALRM while yours won't. (Which
| reminds me that neither of you specified what platforms you were
| testing on. For shame.) Or maybe the difference depends on whether
| you are trying to connect to a local or remote server.

sorry, I tested the attached prog on linux(2.2/2.4) and freebsd(4.4R)
to both local and remote(slow) servers.

| Unless someone can point out a situation where retrying connect()
| after EINTR is actively bad, my inclination is to accept the patch.
| It seems like a net improvement in robustness to me, with no evident
| downside other than a line or two more code.

I've found numerous examples where connect() is retried after EINTR,
infact it appears to be fairly common.

cheers,
brent

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