From: Joel VanderWerf <joelvanderwerf@...>
Date: 2010-07-01T06:03:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Networking: select() blocks for seconds (> timeout)

Roger Pack wrote:
>>> Try your code with
>>> BasicSocket.do_not_reverse_lookup=true
>> Three observations:
>>
>> a) I do not think that there can be a DNS lookup between a 'select(x, y, 
>> z)' and a 'socket.recvfrom'.
> 
> It might, see 
> http://www.ensta.fr/~diam/ruby/online/ruby-doc-stdlib/libdoc/socket/rdoc/classes/Socket.html#M001258
> 
> Why don't you try it and find out?

Seconded: it's worth a try.

Also, if you really believe this is GC-related, you can prove it by 
GC.disable before the select, GC.enable after the recvfrom.

It seems highly unlikely that GC would be eating up 10 seconds.