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Re: [PATCH 01/10] strbuf: Add strbuf_read_noblock

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 17, 2015, 17:57 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> I actually wonder if callers who are _expecting_ non-blocking want to
> loop in strbuf_read() at all.
>
> strbuf_read() is really about reading to EOF, and growing the buffer to
> fit all of the input. But that's not at all what you want to do with
> non-blocking. There you believe for some reason that data may be
> available (probably due to poll), and you want to read one chunk of it,
> maybe act, and then go back to polling.

I think I could have gone to grab a cup of coffee instead of typing another message that essentially said the same thing ;-)

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  1. 00/10 fetch submodules in parallel and a preview on parallel "submodule update"Stefan Beller, Sep 17, 2015
  2. 01/10 strbuf: Add strbuf_read_noblockStefan Beller, Sep 17, 2015
  3. Junio C HamanoSep 17, 2015
  4. Jeff KingSep 17, 2015
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 17, 2015
  6. Stefan BellerSep 17, 2015
  7. Jeff KingSep 17, 2015
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 17, 2015
  9. Jeff KingSep 17, 2015
  10. Stefan BellerSep 17, 2015
  11. Jeff KingSep 17, 2015
  12. Stefan BellerSep 17, 2015
  13. Jeff KingSep 17, 2015
  14. Stefan BellerSep 17, 2015
  15. Junio C HamanoSep 17, 2015
  16. Junio C HamanoSep 17, 2015
  17. Jeff KingSep 17, 2015
  18. Stefan BellerSep 17, 2015
  19. 02/10 run-command: factor out return value computationStefan Beller, Sep 17, 2015
  20. Jeff KingSep 17, 2015
  21. 03/10 run-command: add an asynchronous parallel child processorStefan Beller, Sep 17, 2015
  22. Junio C HamanoSep 17, 2015
  23. Stefan BellerSep 17, 2015
  24. Junio C HamanoSep 18, 2015
  25. Stefan BellerSep 18, 2015
  26. 04/10 fetch_populated_submodules: use new parallel job processingStefan Beller, Sep 17, 2015
  27. 05/10 submodules: Allow parallel fetching, add tests and documentationStefan Beller, Sep 17, 2015
  28. 06/10 git submodule update: Redirect any output to stderrStefan Beller, Sep 17, 2015
  29. Eric SunshineSep 17, 2015
  30. Stefan BellerSep 17, 2015
  31. 07/10 git submodule update: pass --prefix only with a non empty prefixStefan Beller, Sep 17, 2015
  32. Eric SunshineSep 17, 2015
  33. 08/10 git submodule update: cmd_update_recursiveStefan Beller, Sep 17, 2015
  34. 09/10 git submodule update: cmd_update_recursiveStefan Beller, Sep 17, 2015
  35. Eric SunshineSep 17, 2015
  36. 10/10 git submodule update: cmd_update_fetchStefan Beller, Sep 17, 2015
  37. Jacob KellerSep 17, 2015

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