Re: [Libevent-users] Using timerfd and signalfd on Linux

2010-03-19 Thread Nick Mathewson
On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Shuo Chen wrote: > Hi there, > > Is it possible that libevent 2.0 utilizes timerfd and/or signalfd > provided by recent Linux kernels? > >  - timerfd features a better timing resolution (microseconds) than > epoll (milliseconds), and I wouldn't mind support for th

[Libevent-users] Using timerfd and signalfd on Linux

2010-03-19 Thread Shuo Chen
Hi there, Is it possible that libevent 2.0 utilizes timerfd and/or signalfd provided by recent Linux kernels? - timerfd features a better timing resolution (microseconds) than epoll (milliseconds), and - signalfd makes signal handling like reading a file descriptor Seems libevent already uses