Re: Kernel support of socket async I/O

From: marco (marco@tux.dynu.com)
Date: Mon Feb 25 2002 - 16:16:49 EST


Where can I find the latest network aio stuff? Just to start having a look
at it ....

marco

On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Benjamin LaHaise wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 05:05:41PM +0100, marco wrote:
> > Hello Benjamin and all of the guys on the lists,
> > I'm pretty much interested in socket async I/O for a project at work. I
> > read the document at
> ...
> > I also searched linux-kernel archives for some status information, but
> > couldn't gain much info (other than a couple of discussion threads back in
> > late 1999).
> > What we need is a standard aio/thread-pool-in-sigwaitinfo architecture and
> > we wouldn't like to use select/poll.
> ...
>
> Recent development activity was mostly geared at raw block device and
> filesystem aio (as that's what the testers are using). I did post patches
> for network aio, but dropped them due to time constraints. Now that the
> most recent flurry of fixes to the aio core is complete (it's looking
> very good now), I need to get the core bits updated for 2.5 and see how
> much can be merged. As for help, the network bits need polish and testing
> to get to the near-release quality of the rest of the code.
>
> -ben
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