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Subjectepoll (was Re: [PATCH] async poll for 2.5)
Charles 'Buck' Krasic wrote:

>Not exactly. I'm saying that the context in which /dev/epoll is used
>(at least originally), is non-blocking socket IO. Anybody who has
>worked with that API can tell you there are subtleties, and that if
>they're ignored, will certainly lead to pitfalls. These are not the
>fault of the /dev/epoll interface.
>
The particular subtlety I am pointing out is the fault of the currently
defined /dev/epoll interface and can be fixed by making a minor change
to the /dev/epoll interface.

>I agree if you are talking about AIO as a whole. But epoll is more
>limited in its scope, it really relates only to poll()/select not the
>whole IO api.
>
>
My objection to the current /dev/epoll API does apply to said "limited
scope," it is not dependent on the scope that is "AIO as a whole."

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