Re: POSIX 1003.1b aio_ interface for async i/o

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 7 Sep 1998 14:28:54 +0100 (BST)


> Hello guys,
>
> Is the POSIX 1003.1b (and Single Unix v2) aio_ interface implemented by some
> user-space library already or is it going to be a proper kernel implementation
> some time in the future?

Linux clone() is so fast you basically don't need it in kernel. Most RTOS
I've looked at also do AIO in user space. Current 2.1.x has some little hooks
however. Have a look at the real time signal delivery on IO completion
(F_SETSIG etc).

Alan

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