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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 18:23:17 +0200 From: "Raz Ben-Jehuda(caro)" <raziebe@...il.com> To: "Phillip Susi" <psusi@....rr.com> Cc: "Linux Kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-aio@...ck.org Subject: Re: slow io_submit On 12/4/06, Phillip Susi <psusi@....rr.com> wrote: > Raz Ben-Jehuda(caro) wrote: > > Who returns EGAIN to whom ? I am not sure i understand what you mean > > here. > > If the queue is full then io_sumbit() should return EAGAIN or some other > error to indicate that the queue is full, but right now it just blocks > instead. > thanks Phiilip But... hmmm ... should'nt an asynchronous operation act as "send and forget" . isn't "queue full" a problem that aio must at least try and handle before returning to the user ? -- Raz - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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