Re: alternative to poll()

[Samuel Thibault]

Ryan Lortie, le Fri 14 Feb 2014 07:43:20 -0500, a écrit :
> Is there any sort of kqueue-style interface that Hurd exposes for
> efficient polling of large numbers of file descriptors and/or timers?

Yes. Actually both select() and poll() are based on it, it's simply the
native MIG messages which everything in the Hurd is based on in the
end. You could perhaps have a look at the source code hurdselect.c,
I just warn that it's hairy.  Perhaps would could define an easier
interface for users, inheriting ideas from other kernels, I don't know.

Samuel