On Tue, 20 Mar 2012, Joshua Litt wrote:

> curl_multi_fdset(multi_handle, &fdread, &fdwrite, &fdexcep, &maxfd);
>
> rc = select(maxfd+1, &fdread, &fdwrite, &fdexcep, &timeout);
>
> When I try to integrate the example code into our codebase, the select
> never succeeds(always returns -1).

Most of the times when people report this, it is because you don't check maxfd
or the return code from curl_multi_fdset() and thus pass in "silly" values to
select(). Like during the perioud when libcurl doesn't have any sockets to
wait on...

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