marius aamodt eriksen wrote: > hi - > > in order to be able to preserve consistent semantics across poll, > select, and kqueue (EVFILT_READ), i propose the following change: on > EVFILT_READ, add an fflag NOTE_EOF which will return when the file > pointer *is* at the end of the file (effectively always returning on > EVFILT_READ, but setting the NOTE_EOF flag when it is at the end). > > specifically, this allows libevent[1] to behave consistently across > underlying polling infrastructures (this has become a practical > issue).
I'm not sure I understand what is the exact issue. Why would this be necessary or what does this exactly solve? AFAIK poll() doesn't set any flags in this case neither, so I don't see how this is inconsistent. BTW, shouldn't the EOF flag be cleared when the file is extended? Jaromir -- Jaromir Dolecek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.NetBSD.cz/ -=- We should be mindful of the potential goal, but as the Buddhist -=- -=- masters say, ``You may notice during meditation that you -=- -=- sometimes levitate or glow. Do not let this distract you.'' -=- _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
