Re: kernel 2.4.18 - select() returning strange value

[David Schwartz]

On Fri, 7 Jun 2002 13:09:05 -0700, Jacob Cohen wrote:

>Summary: when calling select() on a set of file descriptors containing
>only the descriptor of a non-connected stream socket, select() returns
>1 and marks the FD set as if data were waiting on the socket.

	This seems correct to me. A read or write will not block and there is 
nothing to wait for.

>According to what I've read in the man pages for select() and
>socket(), a nonconnected socket should be unreadable, and therefore
>select() should timeout and return 0. I cannot figure out why it is
>returning 1.

	Because the socket is ready for read. If a read were attempted immediately, 
it would not block. If a read would result in an error other than 
'EWOULDBLOCK', the socket is ready to be read.

>Has something changed in the kernel or the way the select() syscall
>behaves on a nonconnected socket that I should be aware of? I cannot
>find anything relevant in the recent change logs, but I am probably
>missing something.

	I'm guessing the previous erroneous behavior was fixed. When you 'select' on 
an unconnected socket, what do you expect 'select' to wait for?

	DS