I've finished the migration from select(2) to poll(2) to get rid of any fd value dependencies in the server.
This is all sitting in my 'eliminate_fd_set' branch and is built on top of my 'input-thread' branch, which is nearly ready to merge. Get rid of fd_set from block and wakeup handler interfaces, eliminate all OS FD interfaces except for NotifyFd: [PATCH xserver 01/25] hw/xfree86: Use NotifyFd for other input fd [PATCH xserver 02/25] dix: Switch to the libXfont2 API (v2) [PATCH xserver 03/25] hw/kdrive: Use passed-in fd for kdrive/linux [PATCH xserver 04/25] modesetting: Use passed-in fd for drm event [PATCH xserver 05/25] Remove readmask from screen block/wakeup [PATCH xserver 06/25] Remove fd_set from Block/Wakeup handler API [PATCH xserver 07/25] dix: Call screen block/wakeup handlers closest [PATCH xserver 08/25] kdrive/ephyr: Poll for events in block handler [PATCH xserver 09/25] dmx: Eliminate use of AddEnabledDevice [PATCH xserver 10/25] xnest: Use SetNotifyFd to receive events [PATCH xserver 11/25] Remove AddEnabledDevice and AddGeneralSocket [PATCH xserver 12/25] dix: Use list for ready clients [PATCH xserver 13/25] dix/os: Merge priority computation into [PATCH xserver 14/25] dix: Intermediate GrabServer state [PATCH xserver 15/25] Modify ready_client list directly from [PATCH xserver 16/25] ephyr: Use screen block handler for flushing Switch the OS layer to poll(2), eliminate other fd_set uses: [PATCH xserver 17/25] os: use poll(2) instead of select(2) [PATCH xserver 18/25] os: Eliminate code managing fd_set masks for [PATCH xserver 19/25] os: Use poll(2) instead of select(2) in [PATCH xserver 20/25] os: Generalize poll fd management code [PATCH xserver 21/25] os: Use poll(2) for input thread Get rid of select(2) from the reset of the server: [PATCH xserver 22/25] kdrive: switch from select(2) to poll(2) [PATCH xserver 23/25] xfree86: Switch from select(2) to poll(2) [PATCH xserver 24/25] dmx: Switch from select(2) to poll(2) for input Finally, eliminate fd range checking: [PATCH xserver 25/25] os: eliminate fd value limits for clients -keith _______________________________________________ xorg-devel@lists.x.org: X.Org development Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel Info: https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel