Top "Blocking" questions

Blocking mode I/O blocks the issuing thread until the operation transfers at least one byte or an error or end of stream occurs.

blocks - send input to python subprocess pipeline

I'm testing subprocesses pipelines with python. I'm aware that I can do what the programs below do in python directly, …

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iOS How to determine what is blocking the UI

I'm fairly new to iOS development but I'm starting to grasp some of the more complicated concepts. I currently have …

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Mutex lock: what does "blocking" mean?

I've been reading up on multithreading and shared resources access and one of the many (for me) new concepts is …

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SQL Server LCK_M_S only happens in production

I have a stored procedure that is called by a SQL Server 2012 report that is taking an age to run …

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Non-blocking sockets

What's the best way to implement a non-blocking socket in Java? Or is there such a thing? I have a …

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Can Verilog variables be given local scope to an always block?

I sometimes find it useful to use blocking assignments for "local variables" inside clocked always blocks. This can help cut …

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Is an OutputStream in Java blocking? (Sockets)

I am currently writing naive network code for a project and a mate hinted me at the possibility that when …

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should LOCK_EX on both read & write be atomic?

file_put_contents ( "file", "data", LOCK_EX ) for writing (which means - aquire lock and write) file_get_contents ( "file", …

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What's the differences between blocking with synchronous, nonblocking and asynchronous?

I am reading 'Operation System Concepts With Java'. I am quite confused by the concept of blocking and synchronous, what …

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read and write to same socket (TCP) using select

We're writing a client and a server to do (what I thought was) pretty simple network communications. Mulitple clients connect …

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