Linux does support async I/O to disks using various other interfaces/approaches - it’s just that the classic approach of select()’ing on non-blocking FDs doesn’

Linux does support async I/O to disks using various other interfaces/approaches - it’s just that the classic approach of select()’ing on non-blocking FDs doesn’t work for disk: https://blog.cloudflare.com/io_submit-the-epoll-alternative-youve-never-heard-about/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/io_submit-the-epoll-alternative-...