From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 18:59:41 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xread/xwrite: do not worry about EINTR at calling sites.
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0512201058570.4827@g5.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0512201136430.29711@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>



On Tue, 20 Dec 2005, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> In another project I'm working on, a user insisted that on Solaris 2.7, 
> write(2) sometimes returns ENOENT when it really means "try again". I 
> cannot verify, since I don't have Solaris 2.7.

That would be either a very confused user or a terminally sick Solaris 
kernel. In either case, not worth fixing. 

		Linus