Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 20 Nov 2002 03:01:53 -0500 | From | Mark Mielke <> | Subject | Re: [rfc] epoll interface change and glibc bits ... |
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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; };
mark
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