Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Oct 2002 14:18:57 -0400 | From | Shailabh Nagar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] async poll for 2.5 |
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Davide Libenzi wrote: > On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Benjamin LaHaise wrote: > > >>On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 01:38:53PM -0400, Shailabh Nagar wrote: >> >>>So I guess the question would now be: whats keeping /dev/epoll from >>>being included in the kernel given the time left before the feature freeze ? >> >>We don't need yet another event reporting mechanism as /dev/epoll presents. >>I was thinking it should just be its own syscall but report its events in >>the same way as aio. > > > Yes, Linus ( like myself ) hates magic inodes inside /dev. At that time it > was the fastest way to have a kernel interface exposed w/out having to beg > for a syscall. I'm all for a new syscall obviously, and IMHO /dev/epoll > might be a nice complement to AIO for specific applications.
So what would the syscall look like ? Could you give a few more details on the interface ?
- Shailabh
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