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Subject: RE: sem_trywait returns EAGAIN (rather than returning -1 and setting errno)
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Thread-Topic: sem_trywait returns EAGAIN (rather than returning -1 and setting errno)
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From: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
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FWIW, I've patched sem_trywait and sem_wait. I haven't looked for further cases of misbehaviour though.

Rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:cgf AT redhat DOT com] 

> As Robert indicated, in the vast majority of those cases, 
> this was, in fact, the right thing to do.
> 
> It's apparently not the right thing to do in the case of 
> sem_trywait, so a patch will be required:  
> http://cygwin.com/contrib.html .


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