Hi Jan! On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 12:48:56PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote: > > <https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/functions/close.html> > > > > Which seems to bless HP-UX and screw all the others, requiring them to > > report EINPROGRESS. > > > > Was there any discussion about what to do in the Linux kernel? > > I'm not aware of any discussions but indeed we are returning EINTR while > closing the fd. Frankly, changing the error code we return in that case is > really asking for userspace regressions so I'm of the opinion we just > ignore the standard as in my opinion it goes against a long established > reality. Yep, sounds like what I was expecting. I'll document that we'll ignore the new POSIX for close(2) on purpose. Thanks! Have a lovely day! Alex -- <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>
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