linux-kernel - Re: [patch 14/22] pollfs: pollable futex

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Date:	Sun, 6 May 2007 22:33:48 -0700
From:	"Ulrich Drepper" <drepper@...il.com>
To:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Davide Libenzi" <davidel@...ilserver.org>,
	"Davi Arnaut" <davi@...ent.com.br>,
	"Eric Dumazet" <dada1@...mosbay.com>,
	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 14/22] pollfs: pollable futex

On 5/6/07, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> What is your position on the timerfd/signalfd/etc patches?
>
> Seems to me that if we were to have fancy new event-delivery machinery
> like kevent then the timerfd/signalfd work is heading in the other
> direction and ultimately would prove to have been unneeded?

That's my point.  I think we ultimately have to have something like
kevent and then all this *fd() work is unnecessary and just adds code
to the kernel which has to be kept around and which might hinder
further work in this area.
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