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The article mentions this: "A few years back, Linux added a way for software to wait on several events at once, which is something Windows had built in for deca
by adrianmonk 5mo ago
The article mentions this: "A few years back, Linux added a way for software to wait on several events at once, which is something Windows had built in for decades, but Linux didn't."
This is not really my area, but from a quick web search, I think they mean io_uring. Here's a blog post about it: https://mazzo.li/posts/uring-multiplex.html https://mazzo.li/posts/uring-multiplex.html
- QuaternionsBhop 5mo agoNo, I believe it's futex_waitv
- the8472 5mo agoit's both, futex_waitv can also be dispatched via io_uring so you can wait on file descriptors and futexes simultaneously.
- aniviacat 5mo agoI thought that's what NTSync was all about? https://docs.kernel.org/next/userspace-api/ntsync.html https://docs.kernel.org/next/userspace-api/ntsync.html