- To work around a bug in the Roadshow TCP/IP stack (since fixed), the waitselect()

function now substitutes a 10 microsecond timeout for a zero length timeout.


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library/changes

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+- To work around a bug in the Roadshow TCP/IP stack (since fixed), the waitselect()
+  function now substitutes a 10 microsecond timeout for a zero length timeout.
+
 - isatty() no longer crashes if passed a socket rather than a file.
 
 - Rewrote the GetRexxVar()/SetRexxVar() functions (mostly) in 'C', using available

library/socket_wait_select.c

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: socket_wait_select.c,v 1.3 2006-04-10 15:08:10 obarthel Exp $
+ * $Id: socket_wait_select.c,v 1.4 2008-04-16 07:53:40 obarthel Exp $
  *
  * :ts=4
  *
@@ -44,8 +44,22 @@
 int
 waitselect(int num_fds,fd_set *read_fds,fd_set *write_fds,fd_set *except_fds,struct timeval *timeout,unsigned long * signal_mask)
 {
+	struct timeval other_timeout;
 	int result;
 
+	/* This is a workaround for a bug in the Roadshow TCP/IP stack which has been
+	   fixed long ago: if a signal is received, as given in the 'signal_mask'
+	   parameter, the WaitSelect() function may not detect it if the timeout
+	   is zero. */
+	if(signal_mask != NULL && timeout != NULL && timeout->tv_secs == 0 && timeout->tv_micro == 0)
+	{
+		/* Substitute a ten microsecond timeout. */ 
+		other_timeout.tv_secs	= 0;
+		other_timeout.tv_micro	= 10000;
+		
+		timeout = &other_timeout;
+	}
+	
 	result = __select(num_fds,read_fds,write_fds,except_fds,timeout,signal_mask);
 
 	return(result);