*** old\Select_Reactor_Base.cpp Thu Nov  8 13:26:58 2001
--- new\Select_Reactor_Base.cpp Thu Nov  8 13:29:52 2001
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*** 890,912 ****
--- 890,917 ----
            result = buffer.eh_->handle_output (ACE_INVALID_HANDLE);
            break;
          case ACE_Event_Handler::EXCEPT_MASK:
            result = buffer.eh_->handle_exception (ACE_INVALID_HANDLE);
            break;
          default:
            // Should we bail out if we get an invalid mask?
            ACE_ERROR ((LM_ERROR, ACE_LIB_TEXT ("invalid mask = %d\n"), buffer.mask_));
          }
        if (result == -1)
+         {
            buffer.eh_->handle_close (ACE_INVALID_HANDLE,
                                      ACE_Event_Handler::EXCEPT_MASK);
+           // handle_close will have released the reference on the event handler,
+           // so we don't do so explicitly in this case.
+           return 1;
          }
+     }
  #else
    // If eh == 0 then another thread is unblocking the
    // <ACE_Select_Reactor> to update the <ACE_Select_Reactor>'s
    // internal structures.  Otherwise, we need to dispatch the
    // appropriate handle_* method on the <ACE_Event_Handler>
    // pointer we've been passed.
    if (buffer.eh_ != 0)
      {
        switch (buffer.mask_)
          {
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*** 926,947 ****
--- 931,957 ----
          case ACE_Event_Handler::GROUP_QOS_MASK:
            result = buffer.eh_->handle_group_qos (ACE_INVALID_HANDLE);
            break;
          default:
            // Should we bail out if we get an invalid mask?
            ACE_ERROR ((LM_ERROR,
                        ACE_LIB_TEXT ("invalid mask = %d\n"),
                        buffer.mask_));
          }
        if (result == -1)
+         {
            buffer.eh_->handle_close (ACE_INVALID_HANDLE,
                                      ACE_Event_Handler::EXCEPT_MASK);
+           // handle_close will have released the reference on the event handler,
+           // so we don't do so explicitly in this case.
+           return 1;
+         }
      }
  
  #endif /* ACE_HAS_REACTOR_NOTIFICATION_QUEUE */
  
    // Now that the callback to the event handler is done, we can release the reference
    // that we obtained when we posted the notification event.
    ACE_Event_Handler::remove_ref (buffer.eh_);
  
    return 1;
  }