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Bug 739370 - The g_spawn_sync() function uses select() which has limitations
The g_spawn_sync() function uses select() which has limitations
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: glib
Classification: Platform
Component: gsubprocess
2.40.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gtkdev
gtkdev
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-10-29 19:46 UTC by Mark
Modified: 2018-05-24 17:11 UTC
See Also:
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Description Mark 2014-10-29 19:46:49 UTC 
The g_spawn_sync() function uses select() which has limitations.  The fd_set structure is limited to 1024 fileids.  If the stdout or stderr fileid passed in are too large, bad things happen.  This should be using poll().
Comment 1 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-05-24 17:11:39 UTC 
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