Re: POSIX aio vs completion ports

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 12 Sep 1999 20:05:15 +0100 (BST)


> no, it isn't a non-kernel issue. this must be done atomically wrt the
> user level, so it must be done in the kernel. there's no good way for the

No.

> application (or library) to allocate a specific RT signal, so there must
> be some form of "gentlemen's agreement" between libraries and application
> as to which uses which signal.

Yes. Thats not hard

> alan, you can detect an overflow, but recovering from one is another
> matter.

poll()

Alan

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