diff options
| author | Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net> | 2010-10-14 15:05:38 (GMT) |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net> | 2010-10-14 15:05:38 (GMT) |
| commit | b1c54967381062bccef7db574b8e84f48a0eca76 (patch) | |
| tree | 61af78425836dcb0891283994152df9c0e1b6556 /Doc | |
| parent | f4061dac607d9bc2b3af0b72da5e8917428d869e (diff) | |
| download | cpython-b1c54967381062bccef7db574b8e84f48a0eca76.zip cpython-b1c54967381062bccef7db574b8e84f48a0eca76.tar.gz cpython-b1c54967381062bccef7db574b8e84f48a0eca76.tar.bz2 | |
Issue #7523: Add SOCK_CLOEXEC and SOCK_NONBLOCK to the socket module,
where supported by the system. Patch by Nikita Vetoshkin.
Diffstat (limited to 'Doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/socket.rst | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst index d662457..cdfedc4 100644 --- a/Doc/library/socket.rst +++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst @@ -157,6 +157,21 @@ The module :mod:`socket` exports the following constants and functions: :func:`socket`. (Only :const:`SOCK_STREAM` and :const:`SOCK_DGRAM` appear to be generally useful.) +.. data:: SOCK_CLOEXEC + SOCK_NONBLOCK + + These two constants, if defined, can be combined with the socket types and + allow you to set some flags atomically (thus avoiding possible race + conditions and the need for separate calls). + + .. seealso:: + + `Secure File Descriptor Handling <http://udrepper.livejournal.com/20407.html>`_ + for a more thorough explanation. + + Availability: Linux >= 2.6.27. + + .. versionadded:: 3.2 .. data:: SO_* SOMAXCONN |