Re: Block in ldap_result call, even after specifying some finite time limit

Mark, is there any real reason why we switch back to blocking i/o
[ restore flags ] at the very end of nsldapi_os_connect_with_to()?
i gotta say RamaKrishna's test is a wee bit strange but it makes a
valid point me thinks.

Mark Smith wrote:
> RamaKrishna Narla wrote:
>> When we debugged the LDAP C SDK code, we felt that, the time limit
>> specified in ldap_result call is getting applied only for poll
>> operation. And, recv call is getting blocked for the data from Primary
>> Directory Server on machine 1.
> 
> This is correct.  You either need to use libprldap (which is what I 
> would recommend) or install your own I/O callback functions that use 
> non-blocking sockets.  For libprldap, you can set the 
> PRLDAP_OPT_IO_MAX_TIMEOUT option to limit the time the library will wait 
> for I/O operations to finish.
> 
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