Re: [patch 14/22] pollfs: pollable futex [LWN.net]

From:		"Ulrich Drepper" <drepper-AT-gmail.com>
To:		"Andrew Morton" <akpm-AT-linux-foundation.org>
Subject:		Re: [patch 14/22] pollfs: pollable futex
Date:		Sun, 6 May 2007 22:33:48 -0700
Cc:		"Davide Libenzi" <davidel-AT-xmailserver.org>, "Davi Arnaut" <davi-AT-haxent.com.br>, "Eric Dumazet" <dada1-AT-cosmosbay.com>, "Linus Torvalds" <torvalds-AT-linux-foundation.org>, "Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org>
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On 5/6/07, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> What is your position on the timerfd/signalfd/etc patches?
>
> Seems to me that if we were to have fancy new event-delivery machinery
> like kevent then the timerfd/signalfd work is heading in the other
> direction and ultimately would prove to have been unneeded?

That's my point.  I think we ultimately have to have something like
kevent and then all this *fd() work is unnecessary and just adds code
to the kernel which has to be kept around and which might hinder
further work in this area.

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