Re: epoll design problems with common fork/exec patterns

[Davide Libenzi]

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008, Michael Kerrisk wrote:

> Davide,
> 
> with the earlier discussion in this thread in mind, I added a Q0/A0 to
> epoll.7, just make the point about keys clear:
> 
> 
>        Q0  What is the key used to distinguish the file descrip-
>            tors in an epoll set?
> 
>        A0  The key is the combination  of  the  file  descriptor
>            number  and  the open file description (also known as
>            "open file handle", the kernel's internal representa-
>            tion of an open file).
> 
> Does that seem okay?

Looks fine to me! We need to clarify better Q6 WRT fork().



- Davide


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