Re: APC/socket fix (final?)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Claudio Natoli <claudio(dot)natoli(at)memetrics(dot)com>
Cc: "'Magnus Hagander'" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: APC/socket fix (final?)
Date: 2004-03-26 22:40:28
Message-ID: 27991.1080340828@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Claudio Natoli <claudio(dot)natoli(at)memetrics(dot)com> writes:
> ... However, it just occured to me that
> we could wrap select() by augmenting the read_mask with an addition socket,
> that we know will never be touched, and checking this socket on a "valid"
> return. If this socket is still set, we know we got bitten by the APC/socket
> interaction bug, and can set errno accordingly.

What happens if the socket() call fails? Even if it succeeds, I don't
know what the semantics are of selecting on an un-bound socket ... it
might perhaps show as error state, for instance.

regards, tom lane

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