linux-kernel - Re: [patch 00/13] Syslets, "Threadlets", generic AIO support, v3

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Message-ID: <45E32D61.7060403@nortel.com>
Date:	Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:56:33 -0600
From:	"Chris Friesen" <cfriesen@...tel.com>
To:	Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>
CC:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@....com.au>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Suparna Bhattacharya <suparna@...ibm.com>,
	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [patch 00/13] Syslets, "Threadlets", generic AIO support, v3

Evgeniy Polyakov wrote:

> I never ever tried to say _everything_ must be driven by events.
> IO must be driven, it is a must IMO.

Do you disagree with Linus' post about the difficulty of treating 
open(), fstat(), page faults, etc. as events?  Or do you not consider 
them to be IO?

Chris
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