August, 2011 | Michael J. Hammel

I ran into an interesting problem today. I have a C application with functions calling writev() to send data across the network. The messages being sent range from very small – a few bytes – to over 1MB. These functions have worked great up to this point. Today I integrated […]

writev() vs send() when using signals

Tue August 09, 2011 in Linux / Software Development tagged signal / signals / writev

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The man page for timer_create() (used in applications, not in kernel code) gives a useful example of how to create and start high resolution timers. However, it fails to mention that if you use multiple timers with a single signal then you need have a single signal handler that can […]

Working with timer_create() to use multiple timers using a single ...

Fri August 05, 2011 in General / Linux / Software Development tagged alarm / callback / high resolution / kernel / resolution timers / sigaction / SIGINFO / signal / signal handler / SIGRTMIN / timer (updated 5014 days ago)

I'm installing on an Asus A53S at work using Fedora 14. I won't use Fedora 15 until they clean up the GNOME 3 fiasco (I want my old workflow, not something cool just to be cool). The installation fails when it tries to launch X. If you don't want a […]