Re: [bug-grep] [patch] getting '--devices=skip' to work

[Jim Meyering]

Tim Waugh <address@hidden> wrote:
...
> Stop the bus!  There is a kernel change to do with opening normal
> files with O_NONBLOCK having unexpected consequences.  It's best
> avoided.

Hi Tim,

Would you please provide details?
If truly O_NONBLOCK should now be avoided, I'll have to think
carefully about what to do about the uses in coreutils
(dd, shred, stty, tail, and touch all use it).