The idea came up here:
https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11309
and here:
http://lists.openembedded.org/pipermail/openembedded-core/2017-August/141491.html
Signed-off-by: Alexander Kanavin
---
.../pseudo/files/0001-Use-epoll-API-on-Linux.patch | 253 +
meta/recipes-devtools/pseudo/pseudo_1.8.2.bb | 1 +
2 files changed, 254 insertions(+)
create mode 100644
meta/recipes-devtools/pseudo/files/0001-Use-epoll-API-on-Linux.patch
diff --git
a/meta/recipes-devtools/pseudo/files/0001-Use-epoll-API-on-Linux.patch
b/meta/recipes-devtools/pseudo/files/0001-Use-epoll-API-on-Linux.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000..38b98fae37e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/pseudo/files/0001-Use-epoll-API-on-Linux.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,253 @@
+From 191e8a778276ad2e1516a887dc8768fbc3762c77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Alexander Kanavin
+Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 17:00:14 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] Use epoll API on Linux
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+Signed-off-by: Alexander Kanavin
+---
+ enums/exit_status.in | 3 +
+ pseudo_server.c | 166 ++-
+ 2 files changed, 167 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/enums/exit_status.in b/enums/exit_status.in
+index 6be44d3..88f94cd 100644
+--- a/enums/exit_status.in
b/enums/exit_status.in
+@@ -18,3 +18,6 @@ listen_fd, "server loop had no valid listen fd"
+ pseudo_loaded, "server couldn't get out of pseudo environment"
+ pseudo_prefix, "couldn't get valid pseudo prefix"
+ pseudo_invocation, "invalid server command arguments"
++epoll_create, "epoll_create() failed"
++epoll_ctl, "epoll_ctl() failed"
++
+diff --git a/pseudo_server.c b/pseudo_server.c
+index ff16efd..f4f11fe 100644
+--- a/pseudo_server.c
b/pseudo_server.c
+@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
+ #include
+ #include
+ #include
++#include
+ #include
+
+ #include "pseudo.h"
+@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ static int active_clients = 0, highest_client = 0,
max_clients = 0;
+
+ #define LOOP_DELAY 2
+ #define DEFAULT_PSEUDO_SERVER_TIMEOUT 30
++#define EPOLL_MAX_EVENTS 10
+ int pseudo_server_timeout = DEFAULT_PSEUDO_SERVER_TIMEOUT;
+ static int die_peacefully = 0;
+ static int die_forcefully = 0;
+@@ -81,6 +83,7 @@ static int messages = 0, responses = 0;
+ static struct timeval message_time = { .tv_sec = 0 };
+
+ static void pseudo_server_loop(void);
++static void pseudo_server_loop_epoll(void);
+
+ /* helper function to make a directory, just like mkdir -p.
+ * Can't use system() because the child shell would end up trying
+@@ -369,12 +372,16 @@ pseudo_server_start(int daemonize) {
+ kill(ppid, SIGUSR1);
+ }
+ }
++#ifdef PSEUDO_PORT_LINUX
++ pseudo_server_loop_epoll();
++#else
+ pseudo_server_loop();
++#endif
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ /* mess with internal tables as needed */
+-static void
++static unsigned int
+ open_client(int fd) {
+ pseudo_client_t *new_clients;
+ int i;
+@@ -390,7 +397,7 @@ open_client(int fd) {
+ ++active_clients;
+ if (i > highest_client)
+ highest_client = i;
+- return;
++ return i;
+ }
+ }
+
+@@ -414,9 +421,11 @@ open_client(int fd) {
+
+ max_clients += 16;
+ ++active_clients;
++ return max_clients - 16;
+ } else {
+ pseudo_diag("error allocating new client, fd %d\n", fd);
+ close(fd);
++ return 0;
+ }
+ }
+
+@@ -566,6 +575,159 @@ serve_client(int i) {
+ }
+ }
+
++static void pseudo_server_loop_epoll(void)
++{
++ struct sockaddr_un client;
++ socklen_t len;
++int i;
++int rc;
++int fd;
++ int timeout;
++ struct epoll_event ev, events[EPOLL_MAX_EVENTS];
++ int loop_timeout = pseudo_server_timeout;
++
++ clients = malloc(16 * sizeof(*clients));
++
++ clients[0].fd = listen_fd;
++ clients[0].pid = getpid();
++
++ for (i = 1; i < 16; ++i) {
++ clients[i].fd = -1;
++ clients[i].pid = 0;
++ clients[i].tag = NULL;
++ clients[i].program = NULL;
++ }
++
++ active_clients = 1;
++ max_clients = 16;
++ highest_client = 0;
++
++ pseudo_debug(PDBGF_SERVER, "server loop started.\n");
++ if (listen_fd < 0) {
++ pseudo_diag("got into loop with no valid listen fd.\n");
++ exit(PSEUDO_EXIT_LISTEN_FD);
++ }
++
++ timeout = LOOP_DELAY * 1000;
++
++ int epollfd = epoll_create1(0);
++ if (epollfd == -1) {
++ pseudo_diag("epoll_create1() failed.\n");
++ exit(PSEUDO_EXIT_EPOLL_CREATE);
++ }
++ ev.events = EPOLLIN;
++ ev.data.u64 = 0;
++ if (epoll_ctl(epollfd, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, clients[0].fd, ) == -1) {
++