On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 4:40 PM, Jeff Moyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Michael Kerrisk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Jeff Moyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>> Given that there are consumers of the libaio library, I will continue to
>>> maintain it.  So, I don't see a need to tell folks not to use it.
>>
>> I meant to ask...  So yes there are consumers of the library, but I
>> wonder if there are actually consumers (outside the library itself)
>> of those 5 io_*(2) syscall wrappers.  Any idea on that?
>
> I'm not sure I understand your question.  Are you referring to these
> calls?
>
> io_setup
> io_getevents
> io_submit
> io_destroy
> io_cancel

Yes, I meant: are apps using these wrappers *directly*, rather than
using the POSIX aio* interrfaces (which then invoke 5 aforementioned
wrappers).

> If so, then yes, I would say that every application that links with
> libaio uses these calls.

And it sounds like you are saying the former then.

Thanks,

Michael

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