From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932492AbVHWXUF (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Aug 2005 19:20:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932493AbVHWXUF (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Aug 2005 19:20:05 -0400 Received: from x35.xmailserver.org ([69.30.125.51]:38555 "EHLO x35.xmailserver.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932492AbVHWXUD (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Aug 2005 19:20:03 -0400 X-AuthUser: davidel@xmailserver.org Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 16:21:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Davide Libenzi X-X-Sender: davide@localhost.localdomain To: Willy Tarreau cc: Davy Durham , bert hubert , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: select() efficiency / epoll In-Reply-To: <20050823202018.GA28724@alpha.home.local> Message-ID: References: <42E162B6.2000602@davyandbeth.com> <20050722212454.GB18988@outpost.ds9a.nl> <430AF11A.5000303@davyandbeth.com> <20050823182405.GA21301@outpost.ds9a.nl> <430B01FB.2070903@davyandbeth.com> <20050823191254.GB10110@alpha.home.local> <430B077A.10700@davyandbeth.com> <20050823194557.GC10110@alpha.home.local> <430B0EAE.9080504@davyandbeth.com> <20050823202018.GA28724@alpha.home.local> X-GPG-FINGRPRINT: CFAE 5BEE FD36 F65E E640 56FE 0974 BF23 270F 474E X-GPG-PUBLIC_KEY: http://www.xmailserver.org/davidel.asc MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 23 Aug 2005, Willy Tarreau wrote: > On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 06:55:26AM -0500, Davy Durham wrote: >> Thanks for the info.. I did find this thread and was wondering if this >> patch ever got put in >> >> http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0303.3/1139.html >> > > Interesting ! At least it does not seem to be present in the > epoll-2.4.24-0.20 I have right here, and although the code changed > significantly in 2.6, it does not seem to contain it either. But I > don't even see how to merge this into 2.6. You should ask Davide, > he knows this code better than anyone else, and could tell us if > this patch was simply lost or is unneeded. I should mention that the 2.4 patch is old WRT mainline epoll in 2.6 (I stopped maintaining it when 2.6 went "stable"). I'd definitely suggest to use 2.6 if you are looking at epoll. - Davide