Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: async io? | Date | Thu, 6 May 1999 13:21:15 +0100 (BST) |
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> The 2.2 kernel can generate aio-like realtime signals upon I/O > completion (see http://www.kegel.com/c10k.html); > you associate a signal to an fd using the F_SETSIG ioctl.
glibc 2.1 supports the posix aio_ stuff too
> However, you don't have the ability to specify one signal > for one I/O operation, and a different signal for the next, > I think. And that means you can't tell what the signal > means, i.e. whether the socket is now ready for reading, > or for writing. I hope I'm wrong about this.
You don't need to. Real time signals carry data - in this case the file handle
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