On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 1:57 AM, Fam Zheng <famz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This adds a new system call, epoll_mod_wait. It's described as below:
>
> NAME
> epoll_mod_wait - modify and wait for I/O events on an epoll file
> descriptor
>
> SYNOPSIS
>
> int epoll_mod_wait(int epfd, int flags,
> int ncmds, struct epoll_mod_cmd *cmds,
> struct epoll_wait_spec *spec);
>
> DESCRIPTION
>
> The epoll_mod_wait() system call can be seen as an enhanced combination
> of several epoll_ctl(2) calls, which are followed by an epoll_pwait(2)
> call. It is superior in two cases:
>
> 1) When epoll_ctl(2) are followed by epoll_wait(2), using epoll_mod_wait
> will save context switches between user mode and kernel mode;
>
> 2) When you need higher precision than microsecond for wait timeout.
>
> The epoll_ctl(2) operations are embedded into this call by with ncmds
> and cmds. The latter is an array of command structs:
>
> struct epoll_mod_cmd {
>
> /* Reserved flags for future extension, must be 0 for now. */
> int flags;
>
> /* The same as epoll_ctl() op parameter. */
> int op;
>
> /* The same as epoll_ctl() fd parameter. */
> int fd;
>
> /* The same as the "events" field in struct epoll_event. */
> uint32_t events;
>
> /* The same as the "data" field in struct epoll_event. */
> uint64_t data;
>
> /* Output field, will be set to the return code once this
> * command is executed by kernel */
> int error;
> };
I would add an extra u32 at the end so that the structure size will be
a multiple of 8 bytes on all platforms.
>
> There is no guartantee that all the commands are executed in order. Only
> if all the commands are successfully executed (all the error fields are
> set to 0), events are polled.
If this doesn't happen, what error is returned?
> struct epoll_wait_spec {
>
> /* The same as "maxevents" in epoll_pwait() */
> int maxevents;
>
> /* The same as "events" in epoll_pwait() */
> struct epoll_event *events;
>
> /* Which clock to use for timeout */
> int clockid;
>
> /* Maximum time to wait if there is no event */
> struct timespec timeout;
>
> /* The same as "sigmask" in epoll_pwait() */
> sigset_t *sigmask;
>
> /* The same as "sigsetsize" in epoll_pwait() */
> size_t sigsetsize;
> } EPOLL_PACKED;
I think the convention is to align the structure's fields manually
rather than declaring it to be packed.
>
> RETURN VALUE
>
> When any error occurs, epoll_mod_wait() returns -1 and errno is set
> appropriately. All the "error" fields in cmds are unchanged before they
> are executed, and if any cmds are executed, the "error" fields are set
> to a return code accordingly. See also epoll_ctl for more details of the
> return code.
Does this mean that callers should initialize the error fields to an
impossible value first so they can tell which commands were executed?
>
> When successful, epoll_mod_wait() returns the number of file
> descriptors ready for the requested I/O, or zero if no file descriptor
> became ready during the requested timeout milliseconds.
>
> If spec is NULL, it returns 0 if all the commands are successful, and -1
> if an error occured.
>
> ERRORS
>
> These errors apply on either the return value of epoll_mod_wait or error
> status for each command, respectively.
Please clarify which errors are returned overall and which are per-command.
Thanks,
Andy
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