From: Linus Torvalds > Sent: 23 June 2023 23:42 > > On Fri, 23 Jun 2023 at 15:34, David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Can you consider merging something like the attached patch? Unfortunately, > > there are applications out there that depend on a read from pipe() waiting > > until the buffer is full under some circumstances. Patch a28c8b9db8a1 > > removed the conditionality on there being an attached writer. > > This patch seems actively wrong, in that now it's possibly waiting for > data that won't come, even if it's nonblocking. I think it pretty much breaks: command | tee file where 'command' is careful to fflush(stdout). David - Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK Registration No: 1397386 (Wales)
