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PEP 475: add another article to explain why close() is not retried on EINTR

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Victor Stinner 2015-03-20 12:18:51 +01:00
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@ -191,8 +191,13 @@ doesn't recompute the timeout yet)
``os.close`` and ``close()`` methods are a special case: they will ignore
EINTR instead of retrying. The reason is complex but involves behaviour
under Linux and the fact that `the file descriptor may really be closed
<http://lwn.net/Articles/576478/>`_ even if EINTR is returned.
under Linux and the fact that the file descriptor may really be closed
even if EINTR is returned. See articles:
* `Returning EINTR from close() <http://lwn.net/Articles/576478/>`_
* `(LKML) Re: [patch 7/7] uml: retry host close() on EINTR
<http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2005-09/3000.html>`_
* `close() and EINTR <http://alobbs.com/post/54503240599/close-and-eintr>`_
InterruptedError handling