> > > The ABI change doesn't really matter, since timerfd() was broken in
> > > 2.6.22 anyway.
> > >
> > > Both previous APIs provided the features I have described provide:
> > >
> > > * the ability to fetch the old timer value when applying
> > > a new setting
> > >
> > > * the ability to non-destructively fetch the amount of time remaining
> > > on a timer.
> > >
> > > This is clearly useful for timers -- but you have not explained why
> > > you think this is not necessary for timerfd timers.
> >
> > <wakes up>
> >
> > I'd have thought that the existing stuff would be near-useless without
> > the capabilities which you describe?
>
> Useless like it'd be a motorcycle w/out a cup-holder :)
> Seriously, the ability to get the previous values from "something" could
> have a meaning if this something is a shared global resource (like
> signals
> for example). In the timerfd case this makes little sense, since you can
> create as many timerfd as you like and you do not need to share a single
> one by changing/restoring the original context.
Davide,
As I think about this more, I see more problems with
your argument. timerfd needs the ability to get and
get-while-setting just as much as the earlier APIs.
Consider a library that creates a timerfd file descriptor that
is handed off to an application: that library may want
to modify the timer settings without having to create a
new file descriptor (the app mey not be able to be told about
the new fd). Your argument just doesn't hold, AFAICS.
Cheers,
Michael
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