[linux-dvb] Re: blocking FE_SET_FRONTEND ioctl in non-blocking mode

[Andrew de Quincey <adq_dvb@lidskialf.net>]

> > However, looking back at it, I don't know if this is a good idea: (a) it
> > has  the nonblocking blocking issue, and (b) a multithreaded app might
> > have  different threads for tuning and for receiving data, in which case
> > the  getting-old-TS-data problem would still occur.
> >
> > Anyone have an opinion on whether I should remove it?
>
> It sounds that this fix is trying to work around bugs in
> userland software. If so, I'd say lets fix the user land
> software instead, and remove the fix (at least some time later,
> and maybe file a bug).
>
> If the fix also has something to do with the hw_sections=0 bug
> (<http://www.linuxtv.org/mailinglists/linux-dvb/2003/06-2003/msg00626.html>
> ,
> <http://www.linuxtv.org/mailinglists/linux-dvb/2003/06-2003/msg00639.html>)
> I think that you should leave it in.

Yeah, thats exactly the behaviour its trying to fix.


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