Re: [Qemu-devel] [5187] Use signalfd() to work around signal/select race

["Blue Swirl" <blauwirbel@gmail.com>]

On 9/10/08, Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws> wrote:
> Revision: 5187
>           http://svn.sv.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=5187
>  Author:   aliguori
>  Date:     2008-09-10 15:45:19 +0000 (Wed, 10 Sep 2008)
>
>  Log Message:
>  -----------
>  Use signalfd() to work around signal/select race
>
>  This patch introduces signalfd() to work around the signal/select race in
>  checking for AIO completions.  For platforms that don't support signalfd(), we
>  emulate it with threads.
>
>  There was a long discussion about this approach.  I don't believe there are any
>  fundamental problems with this approach and I believe eliminating the use of
>  signals is a good thing.
>
>  I've tested Windows and Linux using Windows and Linux guests.  I've also checked
>  for disk IO performance regressions.
>
>  Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
>
>  Modified Paths:
>  --------------
>     trunk/Makefile
>     trunk/Makefile.target
>     trunk/block-raw-posix.c
>     trunk/block-raw-win32.c
>     trunk/block.c
>     trunk/block.h
>     trunk/vl.c

The file compatfd.h is missing.