Just to follow up on this, if there have been any findings to share I'm sure many of us in the mailing list would be interested!
On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 1:32 PM Jens Axboe <ax...@kernel.dk> wrote: > On 12/22/19 11:29 AM, Marc Lehmann wrote: > > So, after a few more mails from Jens, things do get clearer. > > > > He never got my mail, and was concerned that my explanation made him > > look careless, when he obviously is the opposite and wants io_uring to > > succeed (not his words, of course - I want it to succeed :). > > > > And, ahm, I guess, this is all great news - things are now a lot more > > amiable behind the scenes, and I think io_uring, if it isn't there > > yet, will in the not so far future, BE a drop-in replacement for > > select/poll,. but some work is still needed on both sides. > > > > So that means that I have the biggest expectation that the io_uring > > backend will indeed become the default backend in libev on new enough > > kernel in one of the next releases. > > > > Boy, I so want the epoll backend to die :) > > > > I already reflected some news in CVS - it seems that io_uring (and > > already did in some cases) take care of my concerns, or at least makes > > them a non-issue, and I am trying to coax Jens into a clear statement > > that _all_ fds supported by either select (or at least the subset > > supported by epoll) will be supported, so it will become a full > > replacement for either. just nicer, and faster. But I did get the > > impression that this is indeed the goal. > > > > Thanks, Jens, for giving me back my excitement that I felt about > > io_uring originally :) > > Emails crossing in flight! > > Thanks, I think we've got it all cleared up now, and I wish I had read > this one beore sending the previous reply. Feel free to ignore most of > it, as I said there, most of it is procedural and I'd love to move on to > techical issues as well! > > And I do apologize if my emails came across as attacks, that was not my > intent. It's hard when the communication has been lossy, and assumptions > are made. > > I'm going to enjoy my Sunday and get back to work tomorrow :-) > > -- > Jens Axboe > > > _______________________________________________ > libev mailing list > libev@lists.schmorp.de > http://lists.schmorp.de/mailman/listinfo/libev >
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