On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, John Gardiner Myers wrote:
> bert hubert wrote:
>
> >The interface is also lovely:
> >
> >
> The code you wrote has the standard epoll race condition. If the file
> descriptor 's' becomes readable before the call to sys_epoll_ctl,
> sys_epoll_wait() will never return the socket. The connection will hang
> and the file descriptor will effectively leak.
>
> As you have amply demonstrated, the current epoll API is error prone.
> The API should be fixed to test the poll condition and, if necessary,
> drop an event upon insertion to the set.
So, please don't use :
free((void *) rand());
free() is flawed !! Be warned !!
- Davide
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