Re: Syslets, Threadlets, generic AIO support, v6

[Ulrich Drepper]

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Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 3 months ago i verified the published kevent vs. epoll benchmark and 
> found that benchmark to be fatally flawed. When i redid it properly 
> kevent showed no significant advantage over epoll.

I'm not going to judge your tests but saying there are no significant
advantages is too one-sided.  There is one huge advantage: the
interface.  A memory-based interface is simply the best form.  File
descriptors are a resource the runtime cannot transparently consume.

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