Re: regarding handling of " EINTR" in "receive()" function in "snmpd.c"

Dave Shield <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.network.net-snmp.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
2009/8/28 sanjaykumar <[email protected]>:
> I have a doubt regarding handling of " EINTR" in "receive()"
> function in "snmpd.c"
>
> Why does it required to handle the this Interrupt ?

Quite honestly, I doubt anybody knows.

I've checked the history of the snmpd.c file, and this
statement is present back in the original version (1994)
It's probably part of the code that we inherited from the
previous CMU project.


> what will  be impact if I will not remove i.e. stop Handling it ?
> Does any Basic functionalities get effected ?

No idea.
Try it, and find out.


Dave

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