Re: [AD] minor fix

[Julien Cugnière <jcugniere@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Elias Pschernig wrote:

> > while (read(joy_fd[i], &e, sizeof(struct js_event)) == sizeof(struct js_event))
>
> The above means, if the joystick sends too much data - it will just hang
> the Allegro program. OTOH, if the program is too slow to receive all
> joystick input - there's a problem anyway. I don't have a joystick
> myself to test it, and at least someone finds the new behavior better -
> so I'd vote for applying it, and then see if linux programs start
> behaving bad with joystick enabled.

If we want to be on the safe side, can't we just put an upper limit on 
the number of events to process every frame ? For example, stop 
processing events when there is none left, of when we processed 100 of 
them. This makes the joystick more responsive, and prevents hanging.

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Julien Cugnière