Questions tagged [nonblocking]

Non-blocking mode input/output will either transfer at least one byte or immediately return an error or end of stream. Non-blocking algorithms involve concurrent operations without traditional mutual exclusion mechanisms, ensuring that thread operations do not block indefinitely. Typically, this is achieved through atomic value modifications (such as incrementing/decrementing) and/or reading operations (like compare-and-exchange). The intended purpose of this tag remains ambiguous.