Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 22 Oct 2002 10:46:36 -0700 | | From | Dan Kegel <> | | Subject | Re: epoll (was Re: [PATCH] async poll for 2.5) |
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Mark Mielke wrote: > epoll is not a poll()/select() enhancement (unless it is used in > conjuction with poll()/select()). It is a poll()/select() > replacement. > > Meaning... purposefully creating an API that is designed the way one > would design a poll()/select() loop is purposefully limiting the benefits > of /dev/epoll. > > It's like inventing a power drill to replace the common screw driver, > but rather than plugging the power drill in, manually turning the > drill as if it was a socket wrench for the drill bit. > > I find it an excercise in self defeat... except that /dev/epoll used the > same way one would use poll()/select() happens to perform better even > when it is crippled.
Agreed. - Dan
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