Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 20 Nov 2002 15:19:30 -0800 (PST) | From | Davide Libenzi <> | Subject | Re: [rfc] epoll interface change and glibc bits ... |
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On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Mark Mielke wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 08:04:33PM -0800, Davide Libenzi wrote: > > On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Jamie Lokier wrote: > > > The `fd' field, on the other hand, is not guaranteed to correspond > > > with the correct file descriptor number. So.... perhaps the structure > > > should contain an `obj' field and _no_ `fd' field? > > > ... > > It's OK. I agree. We can remove the fd from inside the structure and have : > > struct epoll_event { > > unsigned short events; > > unsigned short revents; > > __uint64_t obj; > > }; > > Forget any argument I had against removing 'fd'. This sounds good. > > Perhaps 'obj' should be named 'userdata'? > > struct epoll_event { > unsigned short events; > unsigned short revents; > __uint64_t userdata; > };
Do we want to have a union instead of a direct 64bit int ?
- Davide
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