Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 17:10:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 17:09:21 -0500 Received: from outpost.ds9a.nl ([213.244.168.210]:30620 "EHLO outpost.ds9a.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 17:09:02 -0500 Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 23:15:23 +0100 From: bert hubert To: Hanna Linder , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] epoll more scalable than poll Message-ID: <20021028221523.GA28387@outpost.ds9a.nl> Mail-Followup-To: bert hubert , Hanna Linder , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <53100000.1035832459@w-hlinder> <20021028205647.GC1402@admingilde.org> <20021028220249.GA27798@outpost.ds9a.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021028220249.GA27798@outpost.ds9a.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 937 Lines: 21 On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 11:02:49PM +0100, bert hubert wrote: > On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 09:56:47PM +0100, Martin Waitz wrote: > > > needing only one syscall per poll while building a changelist in > > userspace... > > Which is so smashingly succesful for iptables. I would very much doubt the > utility of building tables in userspace and them blasting them across, > especially as they will tend to be large when people bother to use epoll. Never mind, I should have read what you wrote. Building changesets in userspace may have some utility. -- http://www.PowerDNS.com Versatile DNS Software & Services http://lartc.org Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/