breaking out from socket select
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I have a loop which basically calls this every few seconds (after the timeout):
while(true){
if(finished)
return;
switch(select(FD_SETSIZE, &readfds, 0, 0, &tv)){
case SOCKET_ERROR : report bad stuff etc; return;
default : break;
}
// do stuff with the incoming connection
}
So basically for every few seconds (which is specified by tv), it reactivates the listening.
This is run on thread B (not a main thread). There are times when I want to end this acceptor loop immediately from thread A (main thread), but seems like I have to wait until the time interval finishes..
Is there a way to disrupt the select function from another thread so thread B can quit instantly?
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