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

[Jamie Lokier]

bert hubert wrote:
> 	1) epoll only works on pipes and sockets
>               (not on tty, not on files)

fifos come to mind as the other things which are a bit like pipes/sockets.

>
>         2) epoll must be used on non-blocking sockets only
>               (and describe the race that happens otherwise)

That much is implied simply by epoll being a queue of not_ready->ready
edge transitions.  It would be good for the manual to explain this,
but it is clearly implied by the API if you think about it.

-- Jamie