> > Am I correct in understanding that this is no longer true because epoll_ctl
> > inserts an event if the poll condition is met?
>
> Yep, I forgot to edit that one ...
Cool - this makes epoll a really nice interface.
> > Furthermore, I don't think the epoll(2) page is that helpful as even an
> > application developer that follows lkml (ie, me) has any use of the
> > 'waitqueue' analogy.
>
> Sigh, I liked Jamie explanation :)
> Ok, there's still some work to do on man pages ...
You could put this in epoll.4 perhaps.
Regards,
bert
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