Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 01 Nov 2002 09:42:13 -0800 | From | Dan Kegel <> | Subject | Re: and nicer too - Re: [PATCH] epoll more scalable than poll |
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Davide Libenzi wrote: >>Do you avoid the cost of epoll_ctl() per new fd? > > Jamie, the cost of epoll_ctl(2) is minimal/zero compared with the average > life of a connection.
Depends on the workload. Where I work, the http client I'm writing has to perform extremely well even on 1 byte files with HTTP 1.0. Minimizing system calls is suprisingly important - even a gettimeofday hurts.
- Dan
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