Re: and nicer too - Re: [PATCH] epoll more scalable than poll

John Gardiner Myers (jgmyers@netscape.com)
Tue, 29 Oct 2002 11:49:25 -0800


bert hubert wrote:

>That is a semantics change and not an API/ABI change.
>
An API/ABI encompasses the semantics of the calls. A change to the
semantics is a change to the API/ABI.

>I bet Davide knows best.
>
Nope, he doesn't.

>An easy solution is to have sys_epoll_ctl check if there is there is data
>ready and make sure there is an edge to report in that case to the next call
>of sys_epoll_ctl().
>
>
This is the very solution I am proposing.

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