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

From: bert hubert (ahu@ds9a.nl)
Date: Tue Oct 29 2002 - 10:19:23 EST

On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 01:59:04PM +0100, Martin Waitz wrote:

> every api should be build to cause the least astonishment to its users.
> epoll is much more scalable than standard poll, yet i don't think
> it's a nice api.

epoll is not a 'faster poll()'. It is edge based instead of level based -
some astonishment is in order here. Anyhow, all problems with the API
mentioned go away if epoll_ctl() inserts an egde if it finds that its poll
condition is met.

> the unified event mechanism introduced in bsd is a good example imho.
> we should build something that is similar useful for applications.

Sounds 2.7-ish.

Regards,

bert 

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