Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 19 Oct 2002 02:59:16 -0400 | From | Mark Mielke <> | Subject | Re: epoll (was Re: [PATCH] async poll for 2.5) |
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On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 05:55:21PM -0700, John Myers wrote: > So whether or not a proposed set of epoll semantics is consistent with > your Platonic ideal of "use the fd until EAGAIN" is simply not an issue. > What matters is what works best in practice.
From this side of the fence: One vote for "use the fd until EAGAIN" being flawed. If I wanted a method of monopolizing the event loop with real time priorities, I would implement real time priorities within the event loop.
mark
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