Bug#79358: is select still broken on hurd ?

2007-06-10 Thread Samuel Thibault
Neal H. Walfield, le Sat 09 Jun 2007 00:29:38 +0200, a écrit : The theory is that we don't trust the server to honor the timeout: it may be malicious and trick the client into waiting forever. Or it may be buggued and hung. However, there are enough ways in which we rely on the server for

Bug#79358: is select still broken on hurd ?

2007-06-10 Thread Samuel Thibault
Neal H. Walfield, le Sun 10 Jun 2007 15:30:15 +0200, a écrit : However, there are enough ways in which we rely on the server for correct operation that using the Mach timeout mechanism to preempt the server doesn't bring any additional safety. Mmm, maybe, but is it really the way we