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Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:21:33 +0100
From: Jamie Lokier <lk@tantalophile.demon.co.uk>
To: Dan Kegel <dank@kegel.com>
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Subject: Re: aio-core why not using SuS? [Re: [rfc] aio-core for 2.5.29 (Re: async-io API registration for 2.5.29)]
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Dan Kegel wrote:
> You can actually consider posix AIO using sigtimedwait() to pick up
> completion notices to fit the definition of completion port if you
> squint a bit.

... with the bonus that it fits comfortably into a sigtimedwait() loop
that's waiting for non-AIO things too.

-- Jamie
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