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authorUsama Arif <usama.arif@bytedance.com>2022-09-04 18:43:18 +0100
committerUsama Arif <usama.arif@bytedance.com>2022-09-07 14:22:57 +0100
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stdio: Document no support for writing to non-blocking stdio/stderr
Printing to stdio/stderr that have been opened with non-blocking
(O_NONBLOCK in linux) can result in an error, which is not handled
by std::io module causing a panic.

Signed-off-by: Usama Arif <usama.arif@bytedance.com>
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diff --git a/library/std/src/io/stdio.rs b/library/std/src/io/stdio.rs
index 91cff3217d2..2dc12a18a8a 100644
--- a/library/std/src/io/stdio.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/io/stdio.rs
@@ -992,6 +992,9 @@ pub fn set_output_capture(sink: Option<LocalStream>) -> Option<LocalStream> {
 /// the global stream.
 ///
 /// However, if the actual I/O causes an error, this function does panic.
+///
+/// Writing to non-blocking stdout/stderr can cause an error, which will lead
+/// this function to panic.
 fn print_to<T>(args: fmt::Arguments<'_>, global_s: fn() -> T, label: &str)
 where
     T: Write,