linux-kernel - Re: [take19 0/4] kevent: Generic event handling mechanism.

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Date:	Tue, 3 Oct 2006 23:10:51 -0700
From:	"Ulrich Drepper" <drepper@...il.com>
To:	"Evgeniy Polyakov" <johnpol@....mipt.ru>
Cc:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...l.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Ulrich Drepper" <drepper@...hat.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Zach Brown" <zach.brown@...cle.com>,
	"Christoph Hellwig" <hch@...radead.org>,
	"Chase Venters" <chase.venters@...entec.com>
Subject: Re: [take19 0/4] kevent: Generic event handling mechanism.

[Bah, sent too eaqrly]

On 9/22/06, Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru> wrote:
> The only two things missed in patchset after his suggestions are
> new POSIX-like interface, which I personally consider as very unconvenient,

This means you really do not know at all what this is about.  We
already have these interfaces.  Several of them and there will likely
be more.  These are interfaces for functionality which needs the new
event notification.  There is *NO* reason whatsoever to not make add
this extension and instead invent new interfaces to have notification
sent to the event queue.
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