codemstr_at_ptd.net wrote:
>>1024 fds is one small 4k page of memory.
>
> It doesn't matter whether it is 1 byte or 1 million bytes, wasted memory is
> wasted memory. I never claimed it to be a large amount. I claimed it was
> wasted, and it is.
>
> Also, I could be wrong (I'm not too familiar with poll), but I don't recall
> it using a linked list at all.
>
> int poll(struct pollfd fds[], nfds_t nfds, int timeout);
>
> That's from my FreeBSD manpage. You specify an array, not a linked list.

Ahh, you are correct..it does take an array.

Ben

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