* Sascha Schumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010617 08:24] wrote:
>
> > Also you can contribute code working with kevent(2), this will be
> > more efficient ;)
>
> I've actually implemented that already with no significant
> speed advantage; as various papers[1] have concluded, when
> select and poll are used properly they are not as inefficient
> as many people seem to assume.
>
> [1] http://www.citi.umich.edu/techreports/reports/citi-tr-00-4.pdf
You've misinterpreted the paper. :(
The way they use poll(2) "properly" is to use /dev/poll which is a
really gross alternative to kevent(2) but close in functionality.
As far as raising the amount of pollable entries, can you try your
app with your kernel recompiled to accept 2xNO_FILE and 2xFD_SETSIZE
and let us know if that solves your problem?
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start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.
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