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From: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
To: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] different proposal for mq_notify(SIGEV_THREAD)
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 21:36:50 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040310213650.GC7341@mail.shareable.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <404F814C.1070202@colorfullife.com>

Manfred Spraul wrote:
> >The difference is that your proposal eliminates those fds.
> >But there is no reason that I can see why mq_notify() should be
> >optimised in this way and futexes not.
> > 
> >
> I would start with message queues, but the mechanism must be generic 
> enough to be used for futexes, etc.
> 
> The main open question is if I should write something new or if I can 
> reuse netlink.

What about extending epoll to handle non-fd event sources?
Is netlink cleaner than that?  (I've never used or looked at netlink).

-- Jamie

      reply	other threads:[~2004-03-10 21:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-03-07 14:05 [RFC] different proposal for mq_notify(SIGEV_THREAD) Manfred Spraul
2004-03-10 20:38 ` Jamie Lokier
2004-03-10 20:57   ` Manfred Spraul
2004-03-10 21:36     ` Jamie Lokier [this message]

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