linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rfc: threaded epoll

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Date:	Mon, 7 May 2007 23:30:19 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>
To:	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...il.com>
cc:	Davi Arnaut <davi@...ent.com.br>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rfc: threaded epoll_wait thundering herd

On Mon, 7 May 2007, Ulrich Drepper wrote:

> On 5/7/07, Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org> wrote:
> > read(2) is a cancellation point too. So if the fine userspace code issues
> > a random pthread_cancel() to a thread handling that, data is lost together
> > with the session that thread was handling.
> 
> This is absolutely not comparable.  When read/write is canceled no
> data is lost.  Some other thread might have to pick up the slack but
> that's it.

Ohh, is it different? Please, it is not even worth to show you how exactly 
the same is. Because you are perfectly aware of it.


> We went over this for kevent discussions.  I really am not willing to
> do it all again especially since there is no hope to achieve a
> satisfying result with poll.  So, don't count my silence as agreement,
> it isn't.

You're climbing mirrors AFAICS, more that bringing any valid points. And 
as far as I'm concerned, this thread is becoming very repetitive and boring.



- Davide


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