Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 28 Oct 2002 21:47:44 -0800 (PST) | From | Davide Libenzi <> | Subject | Re: [Lse-tech] Re: [PATCH] Updated sys_epoll now with man pages |
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On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> I expect this to be unpopular, but I've been saying lately that > when new kernel APIs or syscalls or whatsoever are added to > Linux, there should be sufficient docs along with the patch(es) > explaining the patch and some intended uses of it, perhaps even > with examples. Ingo does this sometimes. Some people don't > bother to even come close. > > Leading by example would be a nice thing to see here.
Hi Randy, no it's not unpopular :) Those were posted togheter with the patch :
http://www.xmailserver.org/linux-patches/epoll.txt http://www.xmailserver.org/linux-patches/epoll_create.txt http://www.xmailserver.org/linux-patches/epoll_ctl.txt http://www.xmailserver.org/linux-patches/epoll_wait.txt
to try to explain the new API from user side. From kernel side epoll completely uses the sk_wake_async() already available by many versions, and also it is not expected to offer kernel services to other kernel modules.
- Davide
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