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.

What's the advantage of using epoll_create1() instead of epoll_create()

I'm rewriting a multithread Linux-2.6.32+ application to replace select with epoll. The man pages for epoll_create1(2) declare that: If …

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libevent and epoll,which is more efficient?

I think these are the two event-dealing libraries among the best. These two both have many users,but which is …

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