linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 1/4] kevent: core files.

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Date:	Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:32:05 -0700
From:	Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com>
To:	Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/4] kevent: core files.

>> 	int kevent_getevents(int event_fd, struct ukevent *events,
>> 		int min_events, int max_events,
>> 		struct timeval *timeout);
> 
> I used only one syscall for all operations, above syscall is
> essentially what kevent_user_wait() does.

Essentially, yes, but the differences are important.  It's important to
have a clear syscall interface instead of nesting through multiplexers.
 And we should get the batching/latency inputs right.  (I'm for both
min/max elements and arguably timeouts, but I could understand not
wanting to go *that* far.)

> Hmm, it looks like I'm lost here...

Yeah, it seems my description might not have sunk in :).  We're giving
userspace a way to collect events without performing a system call.

> I especially like idea about world happinness in a week or so :)

A few weeks! :)

- z
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