driver_control and blocking process

[Bjorn Gustavsson]

It will block the VM.

You must use driver_select() to arrange for your driver to
be called when somemthing happens with a file descriptor.
(If you don't have a file descriptor, the standard trick is
to create a pipe and pass the read end to driver to driver_select().)

/Bjorn

Eric Merritt <cyberlync@REDACTED> writes:

> Guys,
> 
>   I am working up a linked in driver using control that may block
> waiting for external events. Control seemed to be the easiest to
> implement by far. However, I h ave a worry that this will block the vm
> as a whole. I thought it might be a good idea to ask the experts.
> 
> Thanks, 
>   Eric
> 

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Björn Gustavsson, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB