select
The select function determines the status of one or more sockets, waiting if necessary, to perform synchronous I/O.
int select( int nfds, fd_set* readfds, fd_set* writefds, fd_set* exceptfds, const struct timeval* timeout );
Parameters
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nfds
- [in] Ignored. The nfds parameter is included only for compatibility with Berkeley sockets. readfds
- [in, out] Optional pointer to a set of sockets to be checked for readability. writefds
- [in, out] Optional pointer to a set of sockets to be checked for writability. exceptfds
- [in, out] Optional pointer to a set of sockets to be checked for errors. timeout
- [in] Maximum time for select to wait, provided in the form of a TIMEVAL structure. Set the timeout parameter to null for blocking operations.
http://hi.baidu.com/ytmayer/blog/item/602698667aa09422aa184cfd.html中,有:
struct timeval* timeout是select的超时时间,这个参数至关重要,它可以使select处于三种状态。
第一,若将NULL以形参传入,即不传入时间结构,就是将select置于阻塞状态,一定等到监视文件描述符集合中某个文件描述符发生变化为止;第二,若将时间值设为0秒0毫秒,就变成一个纯粹的非阻塞函数,不管文件描述符是否有变化,都立刻返回继续执行,文件无变化返回0,有变化返回一个正值;第三,timeout的值大于0,这就是等待的超时时间,即select在timeout时间内阻塞,超时时间之内有事件到来就返回了,否则在超时后不管怎样一定返回,返回值同上述。