[patch 6/9] signalfd/timerfd v4 - timerfd core ...

This patch introduces a new system call for timers events delivered though file descriptors. This allows timer event to be used with standard POSIX poll(2), select(2) and read(2). As a consequence of supporting the Linux f_op->poll subsystem, they can be used with epoll(2) too. The system call is

[patch 6/9] signalfd/timerfd v4 - timerfd core ...

This patch introduces a new system call for timers events delivered though file descriptors. This allows timer event to be used with standard POSIX poll(2), select(2) and read(2). As a consequence of supporting the Linux f_op-poll subsystem, they can be used with epoll(2) too. The system call is