Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Oct 2002 11:16:16 -0700 (PDT) | From | Davide Libenzi <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] async poll for 2.5 |
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On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Benjamin LaHaise wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 01:38:53PM -0400, Shailabh Nagar wrote: > > So I guess the question would now be: whats keeping /dev/epoll from > > being included in the kernel given the time left before the feature freeze ? > > We don't need yet another event reporting mechanism as /dev/epoll presents. > I was thinking it should just be its own syscall but report its events in > the same way as aio.
Yes, Linus ( like myself ) hates magic inodes inside /dev. At that time it was the fastest way to have a kernel interface exposed w/out having to beg for a syscall. I'm all for a new syscall obviously, and IMHO /dev/epoll might be a nice complement to AIO for specific applications.
- Davide
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