linux-kernel - Re: [take12 0/3] kevent: Generic event handling mechanism.

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Message-ID: <20060823065659.GC24787@2ka.mipt.ru>
Date:	Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:56:59 +0400
From:	Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>
To:	Jari Sundell <sundell.software@...il.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru,
	nmiell@...cast.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	drepper@...hat.com, akpm@...l.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	zach.brown@...cle.com, hch@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [take12 0/3] kevent: Generic event handling mechanism.

On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 02:43:50AM +0200, Jari Sundell (sundell.software@...il.com) wrote:
> Actually, I didn't miss that, it is an orthogonal issue. A timespec
> timeout parameter for the syscall does not imply the use of timespec
> in any timer event, etc. Nor is there any timespec timer in kqueue's
> struct kevent, which is the only (interface related) thing that will
> be exposed.

void * in structure exported to userspace is forbidden.
long in syscall requires wrapper in per-arch code (although that
workaround _is_ there, it does not mean that broken interface should 
be used).
poll uses millisecods - it is perfectly ok.

> Rakshasa

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov
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