Re: epoll (was Re: [PATCH] async poll for 2.5)

[Mark Mielke]

On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 02:55:20PM -0400, Chris Friesen wrote:
> Mark Mielke wrote:
> >I find myself still not understanding this thread. Lots of examples of
> The main point here is determining which of many open connections need 
> servicing.

> select() and poll() do not scale well, so this is where stuff like 
> /dev/epoll comes in--to tell you which of those file descriptors need to be 
> serviced.

I know what the point is, and I know the concept behind /dev/epoll.

I'm speaking more about the snippets of code that fail to show the
real benefits of /dev/epoll, and the following discussion about which
snippet is better than which other snippet.

mark

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