Re: [PATCH] select/poll Wine bug workaround

[Paolo Bonzini]

> > > Where have you seen a documentation of the bit patterns of handles?
> > > This will not necessarily work in all implementations (Windows, Wine,
> > > ReactOS).
> > In Wine's source code and in
> > http://www.winehq.org/docs/winedev-guide/x3500:
> >
> > Console handles, on the other hand, are not multiple of four, but have
> > the two lower bit set (being a multiple of four means having the two
> > lower bits reset).
> I see you pushed this commit, while still using your handle hack.  The
> cygwin list pointed out this link, which argues against your practice:
> http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/01/21/358109.aspx
I think that's different.  "Kernel" handles are NTDLL handles, not 
KERNEL32 handles (and consoles are the latter).
I can fix it, but I'm quite swamped these days.

Paolo