Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 29 Oct 2002 02:05:45 +0000 | | From | Jamie Lokier <> | | Subject | Re: and nicer too - Re: [PATCH] epoll more scalable than poll |
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bert hubert wrote: > 1) epoll only works on pipes and sockets > (not on tty, not on files)
fifos come to mind as the other things which are a bit like pipes/sockets.
> > 2) epoll must be used on non-blocking sockets only > (and describe the race that happens otherwise)
That much is implied simply by epoll being a queue of not_ready->ready edge transitions. It would be good for the manual to explain this, but it is clearly implied by the API if you think about it.
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