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List:       freebsd-hackers
Subject:    Re: [patch] libc/resolv: use poll() instead of kqueue()
From:       John Baldwin <jhb () freebsd ! org>
Date:       2014-01-13 19:19:45
Message-ID: 201401131419.45188.jhb () freebsd ! org
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On Wednesday, January 08, 2014 5:59:52 pm Jilles Tjoelker wrote:
> The resolver in libc creates a kqueue for watching a single file
> descriptor. This can be done using poll() which should be lighter on the
> kernel and reduce possible problems with rlimits (file descriptors,
> kqueues).

I agree that a kqueue for a single fd is a bit silly in terms of overhead 
compared to just calling poll.

-- 
John Baldwin
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