On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 09:58:15AM +0100, Jaromir Dolecek wrote: > marius aamodt eriksen wrote: > > hi - > > > > in order to be able to preserve consistent semantics across poll, > > select, and kqueue (EVFILT_READ), i propose the following change: on > > EVFILT_READ, add an fflag NOTE_EOF which will return when the file > > pointer *is* at the end of the file (effectively always returning on > > EVFILT_READ, but setting the NOTE_EOF flag when it is at the end). > > > > specifically, this allows libevent[1] to behave consistently across > > underlying polling infrastructures (this has become a practical > > issue). > > I'm not sure I understand what is the exact issue.
I'm only responding to the notes also. > Why would this be necessary or what does this exactly solve? AFAIK > poll() doesn't set any flags in this case neither, so I don't > see how this is inconsistent. I think the difference is in the default behavior. When you're at EOF, I know that poll() will give you a read-availability event, so you'll read the EOF. Will kqueue? > BTW, shouldn't the EOF flag be cleared when the file is extended? Probably. Take care, Bill
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