GNU bug report logs - #37408
27.0.50; list-processes can hang

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 37408 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#37408: 27.0.50; list-processes can hang
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2019 17:54:57 +0300

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2019 14:25:48 +0200
> 
> If PROCESS is a non-blocking network process that hasn't been fully
> set up yet, this function will block until socket setup has completed.  */)
> 
> [...]
> 
>   if (NETCONN_P (process))
>     wait_for_socket_fds (process, "process-contact");
> 
> So this function is advertised as blocking if called on an incompletely
> set-up connection, which seems to be the case here.  And it's never
> going to be completed, which can happen...
> 
> I'm not sure what the right fix here would be.

Wait with a timeout? check for C-g while waiting?

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