Always check the return value of select() From: Erik Hovland --- libs/libmythtv/dvbstreamhandler.cpp | 8 +++++++- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/libs/libmythtv/dvbstreamhandler.cpp b/libs/libmythtv/dvbstreamhandler.cpp index 5a2716a..5451457 100644 --- a/libs/libmythtv/dvbstreamhandler.cpp +++ b/libs/libmythtv/dvbstreamhandler.cpp @@ -306,7 +306,13 @@ void DVBStreamHandler::RunTS(void) { // timeout gets reset by select, so we need to create new one struct timeval timeout = { 0, 50 /* ms */ * 1000 /* -> usec */ }; - select(dvr_fd+1, &fd_select_set, NULL, NULL, &timeout); + if (select(dvr_fd+1, &fd_select_set, NULL, NULL, &timeout) == -1 && errno != EINTR) + { + VERBOSE(VB_IMPORTANT, + LOC_ERR + QString("select() failed with %1") + .arg(strerror(errno))); + _error = true; + } len = read(dvr_fd, &(buffer[remainder]), buffer_size - remainder); }