libuv/docs
Ben Noordhuis b36d4ff930 unix: implement uv_stream_set_blocking()
Commit 393c1c5 ("unix: set non-block mode in uv_{pipe,tcp,udp}_open")
causes a regression in the io.js cluster module.

The io.js documentation states that `worker.send()` and `process.send()`
are synchronous but they no longer were after upgrading to libuv v1.2.1.

The reason they are synchronous is because of backpressure - or rather,
lack of backpressure: a slow consumer eventually causes a fast producer
to run out of memory because the backlog of pending messages in the
producer can grow unchecked.

Ergo, implement uv_stream_set_blocking() on UNIX platforms to let io.js
enable the old blocking behavior for pipes again.

Refs: https://github.com/iojs/io.js/issues/760
PR-URL: https://github.com/libuv/libuv/pull/187
Reviewed-By: Saúl Ibarra Corretgé <saghul@gmail.com>
2015-02-09 13:28:52 +01:00
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src unix: implement uv_stream_set_blocking() 2015-02-09 13:28:52 +01:00
make.bat doc: add API documentation 2014-09-11 09:38:35 +02:00
Makefile doc: add API documentation 2014-09-11 09:38:35 +02:00