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SubjectRe: epoll (was Re: [PATCH] async poll for 2.5)
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On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 18:47, Davide Libenzi wrote:
> Since the sys_epoll ( and /dev/epoll ) fd support standard polling, you
> can mix sys_epoll handling with other methods like poll() and the AIO's
> POLL function when it'll be ready. For example, for devices that sys_epoll
> intentionally does not support, you can use a method like :

The more important question is why do you need epoll. asynchronous I/O
completions setting a list of futexes can already be made to do the job
and is much more flexible.

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