Subject: Re: Syslets, Threadlets, generic AIO support, v6
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.kernel
Date: 2007-05-30 07:31:58 GMT (2 years, 5 weeks, 1 day, 2 hours and 8 minutes ago)
Ingo Molnar wrote: > 3 months ago i verified the published kevent vs. epoll benchmark and > found that benchmark to be fatally flawed. When i redid it properly > kevent showed no significant advantage over epoll. I'm not going to judge your tests but saying there are no significant advantages is too one-sided. There is one huge advantage: the interface. A memory-based interface is simply the best form. File descriptors are a resource the runtime cannot transparently consume. -- ➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖