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| 411 | make libev check for a fork in each iteration by enabling this flag. |
411 | make libev check for a fork in each iteration by enabling this flag. |
| 412 | |
412 | |
| 413 | This works by calling C<getpid ()> on every iteration of the loop, |
413 | This works by calling C<getpid ()> on every iteration of the loop, |
| 414 | and thus this might slow down your event loop if you do a lot of loop |
414 | and thus this might slow down your event loop if you do a lot of loop |
| 415 | iterations and little real work, but is usually not noticeable (on my |
415 | iterations and little real work, but is usually not noticeable (on my |
| 416 | GNU/Linux system for example, C<getpid> is actually a simple 5-insn sequence |
416 | GNU/Linux system for example, C<getpid> is actually a simple 5-insn |
| 417 | without a system call and thus I<very> fast, but my GNU/Linux system also has |
417 | sequence without a system call and thus I<very> fast, but my GNU/Linux |
| 418 | C<pthread_atfork> which is even faster). |
418 | system also has C<pthread_atfork> which is even faster). (Update: glibc |
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419 | versions 2.25 apparently removed the C<getpid> optimisation again). |
| 419 | |
420 | |
| 420 | The big advantage of this flag is that you can forget about fork (and |
421 | The big advantage of this flag is that you can forget about fork (and |
| 421 | forget about forgetting to tell libev about forking, although you still |
422 | forget about forgetting to tell libev about forking, although you still |
| 422 | have to ignore C<SIGPIPE>) when you use this flag. |
423 | have to ignore C<SIGPIPE>) when you use this flag. |
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| 4386 | ev_vars.h |
4387 | ev_vars.h |
| 4387 | ev_wrap.h |
4388 | ev_wrap.h |
| 4388 | |
4389 | |
| 4389 | ev_win32.c required on win32 platforms only |
4390 | ev_win32.c required on win32 platforms only |
| 4390 | |
4391 | |
| 4391 | ev_select.c only when select backend is enabled (which is enabled by default) |
4392 | ev_select.c only when select backend is enabled |
| 4392 | ev_poll.c only when poll backend is enabled (disabled by default) |
4393 | ev_poll.c only when poll backend is enabled |
| 4393 | ev_epoll.c only when the epoll backend is enabled (disabled by default) |
4394 | ev_epoll.c only when the epoll backend is enabled |
| 4394 | ev_kqueue.c only when the kqueue backend is enabled (disabled by default) |
4395 | ev_kqueue.c only when the kqueue backend is enabled |
| 4395 | ev_port.c only when the solaris port backend is enabled (disabled by default) |
4396 | ev_port.c only when the solaris port backend is enabled |
| 4396 | |
4397 | |
| 4397 | F<ev.c> includes the backend files directly when enabled, so you only need |
4398 | F<ev.c> includes the backend files directly when enabled, so you only need |
| 4398 | to compile this single file. |
4399 | to compile this single file. |
| 4399 | |
4400 | |
| 4400 | =head3 LIBEVENT COMPATIBILITY API |
4401 | =head3 LIBEVENT COMPATIBILITY API |
