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From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: guile-user@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Guile hangs for minutes when many files are opened (1.8.7)
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 23:59:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8739j2x2v9.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20110621130220.GA6411@ccellier.rd.happyleptic.org

Hi Cédric,

rixed@happyleptic.org skribis:

> Ok, the problem is straightforward: fport_input_waiting is using select
> with a predefined SELECT_SET_SIZE of 1024. Although guile does not see
> the many files used by the applications, it may ends up with a file
> descriptor whose number is bigger than that. Then the select will
> block forever.

Oooh, interesting bug.  :-)

> Nobody's planned to replace select by ppoll yet? :)

Guile 2.0 has (ice-9 poll), but it relies on some features not available
in 1.8.

Thanks,
Ludo’.




  reply	other threads:[~2011-06-21 21:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-06-14  7:21 Guile hangs for minutes when many files are opened (1.8.7) rixed
2011-06-21 13:02 ` rixed
2011-06-21 21:59   ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2011-06-22  8:34     ` rixed
2011-06-22 12:08       ` rixed
2011-06-22 14:31       ` Ludovic Courtès
2011-06-22 15:56         ` rixed
2011-07-04  9:33 ` rixed

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