Re: [patch] uniform POLLRDHUP handling between epoll and poll/select ...

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On Tue, 4 Apr 2006, Michael Kerrisk wrote:

Davide,

Like reported by Michael Kerrisk, POLLRDHUP handling was not consistent
between epoll and poll/select, since in epoll it was unmaskeable. This
patch brings uniformity in POLLRDHUP handling.
[...]
diff -Nru linux-2.6.16/fs/eventpoll.c linux-2.6.16.mod/fs/eventpoll.c
--- linux-2.6.16/fs/eventpoll.c	2006-04-03 20:08:23.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.16.mod/fs/eventpoll.c	2006-04-03 20:09:51.000000000 -0700
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@
  	switch (op) {
  	case EPOLL_CTL_ADD:
  		if (!epi) {
-			epds.events |= POLLERR | POLLHUP | POLLRDHUP;
+			epds.events |= POLLERR | POLLHUP;

  			error = ep_insert(ep, &epds, tfile, fd);
  		} else
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@
  		break;
  	case EPOLL_CTL_MOD:
  		if (epi) {
-			epds.events |= POLLERR | POLLHUP | POLLRDHUP;
+			epds.events |= POLLERR | POLLHUP;
  			error = ep_modify(ep, epi, &epds);
  		} else
  			error = -ENOENT;

This makes things consistent -- but in the opposite way
from what I thought they might be.  (The alternative would of
course have been to make POLLRDHUP un-maskable in both epoll
and poll().)

So I'm curious: what is the rationale for making POLLRDHUP
maskable when POLLHUP is not?   Is it an issue of ABI
compatibility; or something else?

Yes, ABI compatibility.



- Davide


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