Re: Signal driven IO
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 17 Nov 1999 00:08:09 +0000 (GMT)
> No. Switch to poll when enough fds are ready per loop. You want the queue
> size to be set such that you are using signals most of the time, but if you
> should fall behind, and have large numbers of fds ready, you can use the
> more efficient 'mass' poll system call.
Benchmark it for your application. For web and ftp traffic the I/O signals
are a clear winner.
Alan
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