Changeset 3373 in vbox

Timestamp:

Jul 3, 2007 1:07:05 AM (18 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

XPCOM/IPC: Fixed IPC daemon startup negotiation on OS/2.

File:

• trunk/src/libs/xpcom18a4/ipc/ipcd/client/src/ipcdclient.cpp (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/src/libs/xpcom18a4/ipc/ipcd/client/src/ipcdclient.cpp

@@ -1136 +1136 @@
     goto end;
 
+  // on some platforms (e.g. OS/2), it is necessary to close the child end of
+  // the pipe in order to get notification at child termination instead of
+  // being infinitely blocked in PR_Write()/PR_Read(). On other platforms, it
+  // should not hurt, too.
+  PR_Close(writable);
+  writable = nsnull;
+
   if ((PR_Read(readable, &c, 1) != 1) && (c != IPC_STARTUP_PIPE_MAGIC))
     goto end;