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Diffstat (limited to 'ev.pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | ev.pod | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -485,10 +485,10 @@ C<EV_WRITE> to C<POLLOUT | POLLERR | POLLHUP>. Use the linux-specific epoll(7) interface (for both pre- and post-2.6.9 kernels). -For few fds, this backend is a bit little slower than poll and select, -but it scales phenomenally better. While poll and select usually scale -like O(total_fds) where n is the total number of fds (or the highest fd), -epoll scales either O(1) or O(active_fds). +For few fds, this backend is a bit little slower than poll and select, but +it scales phenomenally better. While poll and select usually scale like +O(total_fds) where total_fds is the total number of fds (or the highest +fd), epoll scales either O(1) or O(active_fds). The epoll mechanism deserves honorable mention as the most misdesigned of the more advanced event mechanisms: mere annoyances include silently |