Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 16 Feb 2003 23:34:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 16 Feb 2003 23:34:23 -0500 Received: from bjl1.jlokier.co.uk ([81.29.64.88]:22656 "EHLO bjl1.jlokier.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 16 Feb 2003 23:34:23 -0500 Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 04:46:59 +0000 From: Jamie Lokier To: Werner Almesberger Cc: Davide Libenzi , Linus Torvalds , Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Synchronous signal delivery.. Message-ID: <20030217044659.GB16137@bjl1.jlokier.co.uk> References: <20030215010837.D2791@almesberger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030215010837.D2791@almesberger.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 615 Lines: 16 Werner Almesberger wrote: > Davide Libenzi wrote: > > What do you think about having timers through a file interface ? > > Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but couldn't you simply > do this with a signal handler that writes to (a) pipe(s) ? You can do that, and sometimes it is done, but the point is to provide a mechanism with is _fast_, as epoll() is. -- Jamie - 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/