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global_init: assume the EINTR bit by default #4840

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@bagder bagder commented Jan 22, 2020

  • Removed from global_init since it isn't thread-safe. The symbol will still remain to not break compiles, it just won't have any effect going forward.

  • make the internals NOT loop on EINTR (the opposite from previously). It only risks returning from the select/poll/wait functions early, and that should be risk-free.

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@bagder bagder force-pushed the bagder/remake-EINTR branch from 1386607 to cd03a66 Compare January 22, 2020 22:33
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Removed from global_init since it isn't thread-safe. The symbol will still
remain to not break compiles, it just won't have any effect going forward.

This may cause some pain points for some distros. I think distros expect EINTR will break the wait.

See, for example, Fedora Issue 919127, Provide a CURL_GLOBAL_ACK_EINTR flag to curl_global_init().

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bagder commented Jan 23, 2020

This change changes the default to not retrying on EINTR, which is exactly what that Fedora issue wanted...

So the question is if there's anything that would be affected or even notice if those functions return earlier when aborted by a signal?

- Removed from global_init since it isn't thread-safe. The symbol will
  still remain to not break compiles, it just won't have any effect going
  forward.

- make the internals NOT loop on EINTR (the opposite from previously).
  It only risks returning from the select/poll/wait functions early, and that
  should be risk-free.

Closes #4840
@bagder bagder force-pushed the bagder/remake-EINTR branch from 65e3a71 to 221decd Compare January 24, 2020 14:02
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@bagder bagder changed the title [WIP] global_init: remove the global EINTR handling global_init: assume the EINTR bit by default Jan 24, 2020
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