[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #5076: cat /dev/urandom hangs the terminal after a while

  • From: "bonefish" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:28:32 -0000

#5076: cat /dev/urandom hangs the terminal after a while
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 Reporter:  jackburton   |       Owner:  bonefish      
     Type:  bug          |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  R1            
Component:  Drivers/TTY  |     Version:  R1/Development
 Keywords:  gcc4 hybrid  |    Platform:  All           
Blockedby:               |       Patch:  0             
 Blocking:               |  
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Comment(by bonefish):

 Replying to [comment:8 jackburton]:
 > Looking at the linux tty layer I found that they expose a reduced
 available buffer to the tty drivers, so that there is always enough room
 to handle cases like this.

 Can you explain how that is supposed to work?

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/5076#comment:10>
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