Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: epoll (was Re: [PATCH] async poll for 2.5) | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 22 Oct 2002 19:13:35 +0100 |
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On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 18:47, Davide Libenzi wrote: > Since the sys_epoll ( and /dev/epoll ) fd support standard polling, you > can mix sys_epoll handling with other methods like poll() and the AIO's > POLL function when it'll be ready. For example, for devices that sys_epoll > intentionally does not support, you can use a method like :
The more important question is why do you need epoll. asynchronous I/O completions setting a list of futexes can already be made to do the job and is much more flexible.
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