Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 20 Sep 2001 11:25:13 -0700 (PDT) | From | Davide Libenzi <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] /dev/epoll update ... |
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On 20-Sep-2001 Benjamin LaHaise wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 11:43:57PM -0500, Christopher K. St. John wrote: >> Sorry, bad editing, that should be: >> >> Assume a large but bursty current of low bandwidth >> high latency connections instead of a continuous steady >> flood of high bandwidth low latency connections. > > Isn't asynchronous io a better model for that case?
The advantage /dev/epoll has compared to aio_* and RTsig is 1) multiple event delivery/system call 2) less user<->kernel memory moves
The concept is very similar anyway coz you basically have to initiate the io-call and wait for an event. The difference is how events are collected.
- Davide
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