Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
H. Peter Anvin wrote:
Sounds like it would need a device which can be waited upon for changes.
A vdso-like shared page could have a futex in it.
Yes, but a futex couldn't be waited upon with a bunch of other things as
part of a poll or a select. The cost of reading the information is minimal.
-hpa
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