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From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 5/6] epoll: Add implementation for epoll_mod_wait
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:56:46 +0100
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On 22/01/2015 22:12, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> In my application, the set of fds almost never changes, but the set of
> events I want changes all the time.  The main thing that changes is
> whether I care about EPOLLOUT.  If I'm ready to send something, then I
> want EPOLLOUT.  If I'm not ready, then I don't want EPOLLOUT.

Yes, this is almost always the case unless you use EPOLLET.

Paolo