RE: adding fifo input to the main glib2 loop

["Nils O. Selåsdal" <noselasd frisurf no>]

> >Hi,
> >  I have an app that mkfifo()s && open()s and then attaches a 
> >g_io_channel to the fd. The basic idea is that clients can 
> drop scheme 
> >code to a fifo for the app to execute, thus the server only 
> reads the 
> >pipe and clients should only write it.
> >
> >I have this working with one catch, after the first command is read 
> >(first callback instance) the app itself goes to 100% CPU use. Other 
> >commands get through fine but from a break && bt it seems 
> that glib2 is 
> >churning on some property of the fd (the break always stops 
> in glib2s 
> >select (or poll, cant remember which it was)).
> >
> >Is there some condition that I must set or other thing required to 
> >monitor fifos? Or some app that folks know of that does fifo IO from 
> >the main loop.
> 
> there isn't anything extra. but are you sure you read *all* 
> the data that was available from the FIFO? is it possible 
> that select/poll believes there is still data available, and 
> is repeatedly calling your callback? 

Wont glib also repeatingly call the callback if there is an exception,
(other end dies/EOF) and you dont do anything about it ??