Top "Epoll" questions

epoll is a Linux 2.6 readiness notification API for sockets, pipes, and special event-, signal-, and timer descriptors which can operate both in level- and edge-triggered mode, although presently only level-triggered behaviour is in accordance with the documentation.

select vs poll vs epoll

I am designing a new server which needs to support thousands of UDP connections (somewhere around 100,000 sessions). Any input or …

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Linux, sockets, non-blocking connect

I want to create a non-blocking connect. Like this: socket.connect(); // returns immediately For this, I use another thread, an …

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Why is epoll faster than select?

I have seen a lot of comparisons which says select have to walk through the fd list, and this is …

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Async connect and disconnect with epoll (Linux)

I need async connect and disconnect for tcp client using epoll for Linux. There are ext. functions in Windows, such …

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Could you recommend some guides about Epoll on Linux

I need to know about Epoll On linux System. Could you recommend manual or guides about epoll library? need more …

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What is the best epoll/kqueue/select equvalient on Windows?

What is Windows' best I/O event notification facility? By best I mean something that ... doesn't have a limit on …

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What is the purpose of epoll's edge triggered option?

From epoll's man page: epoll is a variant of poll(2) that can be used either as an edge-triggered or a …

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How do I use EPOLLHUP

Could you guys provide me a good sample code using EPOLLHUP for dead peer handling? I know that it is …

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Does OS X not support epoll function?

I'm learning to use epoll function. But my OS X, Mountain Lion doesn't have a header file, sys/epoll.h. …

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What's the difference between epoll, poll, threadpool?

Could someone explain what the difference is between epoll, poll and threadpool? What are the pros / cons? Any suggestions for …

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