linux-kernel - Re: [take24 0/6] kevent: Generic event handling mechanism.

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Date:	Thu, 23 Nov 2006 15:23:36 +0300
From:	Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>
To:	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Chase Venters <chase.venters@...entec.com>,
	Johann Borck <johann.borck@...sedata.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Alexander Viro <aviro@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [take24 0/6] kevent: Generic event handling mechanism.

On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 01:02:00PM -0800, Ulrich Drepper (drepper@...hat.com) wrote:
> Evgeniy Polyakov wrote:
> >But in this case it will be impossible to have SIGEV_THREAD and 
> >SIGEV_KEVENT
> >at the same time, it will be just the same as SIGEV_SIGNAL but with
> >different delivery mechanism. Is is what you expect for that?
> 
> Yes, that's expected.  The event if for the queue, not directed to a 
> specific thread.
> 
> If in future we want to think about preferably waking a specific thread 
> we can then think about it.  But I doubt that'll be beneficial.  The 
> thread specific part in the signal handling is only used to implement 
> the SIGEV_THREAD notification.

Ok, so please review patch I sent, if it is ok from design point of
view, I will run some tests here.

> -- 
> ➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, 
> CA ❖

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov
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