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| author | Martin Hunt <hunt@redhat.com> | 2001-12-04 21:44:37 +0000 |
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| committer | Martin Hunt <hunt@redhat.com> | 2001-12-04 21:44:37 +0000 |
| commit | 63b5bc2fef8801f01fd14786f7893d86fa5e92ee (patch) | |
| tree | 9693671d2c297b85ac196d70216a7586f2b046d1 /gdb | |
| parent | ca9efc9063b7e94b26582c5b8d6c0c688d9678b6 (diff) | |
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Add note to serial_open.
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| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/serial.h | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/serial.h b/gdb/serial.h index a0dbe72..97d68f3 100644 --- a/gdb/serial.h +++ b/gdb/serial.h @@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ typedef void *serial_ttystate; struct serial; /* Try to open NAME. Returns a new `struct serial *' on success, NULL - on failure. */ + on failure. Note that some open calls can block and, if possible, + should be written to be non-blocking, with calls to ui_look_hook + so they can be cancelled. An async interface for open could be + added to GDB if necessary. */ extern struct serial *serial_open (const char *name); |