David S. Miller wrote:
From: Chris Friesen <cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com>Suppose I have a process that waits on UDP packets, the unified local IPC that we're discussing, other unix sockets, and stdin. It's awfully nice if the local IPC can be handled using the same select/poll mechanism as all the other messaging.
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 12:09:37 -0500
Unless you poll for messages on the receiving side, how do you trigger the receiver to look for a message?
Send signals. Use a FUTEX, be creative...
Chris
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