Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751432AbWHWG6T (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Aug 2006 02:58:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932369AbWHWG6T (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Aug 2006 02:58:19 -0400 Received: from relay.2ka.mipt.ru ([194.85.82.65]:2276 "EHLO 2ka.mipt.ru") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751431AbWHWG6S (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Aug 2006 02:58:18 -0400 Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:56:59 +0400 From: Evgeniy Polyakov To: Jari Sundell Cc: David Miller , kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru, nmiell@comcast.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, drepper@redhat.com, akpm@osdl.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, zach.brown@oracle.com, hch@infradead.org Subject: Re: [take12 0/3] kevent: Generic event handling mechanism. Message-ID: <20060823065659.GC24787@2ka.mipt.ru> References: <20060822231129.GA18296@ms2.inr.ac.ru> <20060822.173200.126578369.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.7.5 (2ka.mipt.ru [0.0.0.0]); Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:57:00 +0400 (MSD) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 913 Lines: 22 On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 02:43:50AM +0200, Jari Sundell (sundell.software@gmail.com) wrote: > Actually, I didn't miss that, it is an orthogonal issue. A timespec > timeout parameter for the syscall does not imply the use of timespec > in any timer event, etc. Nor is there any timespec timer in kqueue's > struct kevent, which is the only (interface related) thing that will > be exposed. void * in structure exported to userspace is forbidden. long in syscall requires wrapper in per-arch code (although that workaround _is_ there, it does not mean that broken interface should be used). poll uses millisecods - it is perfectly ok. > Rakshasa -- Evgeniy Polyakov - 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/