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| author | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2018-09-06 16:27:24 +0200 |
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| committer | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2018-09-06 16:27:24 +0200 |
| commit | 0b1468884a2a1c5d3442cbb7119330e307f0aa3d (patch) | |
| tree | a459e23a481dc0f19bbbe4acbdc35756ed2c7efa /runtime | |
| parent | ed5a9d661248a2160368f1b0ab3a1bf74831db04 (diff) | |
patch 8.1.0350: Vim may block on ch_sendraw()v8.1.0350
Problem: Vim may block on ch_sendraw() when the job is sending data back to
Vim, which isn't read yet. (Nate Bosch)
Solution: Add the "noblock" option to job_start(). (closes #2548)
Diffstat (limited to 'runtime')
| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/channel.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/channel.txt b/runtime/doc/channel.txt index 4cc36258c0..fd08cd4974 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/channel.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/channel.txt @@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ Use |ch_status()| to see if the channel could be opened. The "close_cb" is also considered for this. "never" All messages will be kept. + *channel-noblock* +"noblock" Same effect as |job-noblock|. Only matters for writing. + *waittime* "waittime" The time to wait for the connection to be made in milliseconds. A negative number waits forever. @@ -594,6 +597,17 @@ See |job_setoptions()| and |ch_setoptions()|. Note: when writing to a file or buffer and when reading from a buffer NL mode is used by default. + *job-noblock* +"noblock": 1 When writing use a non-blocking write call. This + avoids getting stuck if Vim should handle other + messages in between, e.g. when a job sends back data + to Vim. It implies that when `ch_sendraw()` returns + not all data may have been written yet. + This option was added in patch 8.1.0350, test with: > + if has("patch-8.1.350") + let options['noblock'] = 1 + endif +< *job-callback* "callback": handler Callback for something to read on any part of the channel. |