* Copyright (C) 2011 - Julien Desfossez <julien.desfossez@polymtl.ca>
* Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation; only version 2
- * of the License.
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 only,
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
*/
#define _GNU_SOURCE
break;
}
end:
- /* signal the poll thread */
- ret = write(ctx->consumer_poll_pipe[1], "4", 1);
- if (ret < 0) {
- perror("write consumer poll");
- }
+ /*
+ * Wake-up the other end by writing a null byte in the pipe
+ * (non-blocking). Important note: Because writing into the
+ * pipe is non-blocking (and therefore we allow dropping wakeup
+ * data, as long as there is wakeup data present in the pipe
+ * buffer to wake up the other end), the other end should
+ * perform the following sequence for waiting:
+ * 1) empty the pipe (reads).
+ * 2) perform update operation.
+ * 3) wait on the pipe (poll).
+ */
+ do {
+ ret = write(ctx->consumer_poll_pipe[1], "", 1);
+ } while (ret == -1UL && errno == EINTR);
end_nosignal:
return 0;
}