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| 480 | unblocking the signals. |
480 | unblocking the signals. |
| 481 | |
481 | |
| 482 | It's also required by POSIX in a threaded program, as libev calls |
482 | It's also required by POSIX in a threaded program, as libev calls |
| 483 | C<sigprocmask>, whose behaviour is officially unspecified. |
483 | C<sigprocmask>, whose behaviour is officially unspecified. |
| 484 | |
484 | |
| 485 | This flag's behaviour will become the default in future versions of libev. |
485 | =item C<EVFLAG_NOTIMERFD> |
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486 | |
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487 | When this flag is specified, the libev will avoid using a C<timerfd> to |
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488 | detect time jumps. It will still be able to detect time jumps, but takes |
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489 | longer and has a lower accuracy in doing so, but saves a file descriptor |
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490 | per loop. |
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491 | |
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492 | The current implementation only tries to use a C<timerfd> when the first |
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493 | C<ev_periodic> watcher is started and falls back on other methods if it |
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494 | cannot be created, but this behaviour might change in the future. |
| 486 | |
495 | |
| 487 | =item C<EVBACKEND_SELECT> (value 1, portable select backend) |
496 | =item C<EVBACKEND_SELECT> (value 1, portable select backend) |
| 488 | |
497 | |
| 489 | This is your standard select(2) backend. Not I<completely> standard, as |
498 | This is your standard select(2) backend. Not I<completely> standard, as |
| 490 | libev tries to roll its own fd_set with no limits on the number of fds, |
499 | libev tries to roll its own fd_set with no limits on the number of fds, |
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| 4615 | available and will probe for kernel support at runtime. This will improve |
4624 | available and will probe for kernel support at runtime. This will improve |
| 4616 | C<ev_signal> and C<ev_async> performance and reduce resource consumption. |
4625 | C<ev_signal> and C<ev_async> performance and reduce resource consumption. |
| 4617 | If undefined, it will be enabled if the headers indicate GNU/Linux + Glibc |
4626 | If undefined, it will be enabled if the headers indicate GNU/Linux + Glibc |
| 4618 | 2.7 or newer, otherwise disabled. |
4627 | 2.7 or newer, otherwise disabled. |
| 4619 | |
4628 | |
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4629 | =item EV_USE_SIGNALFD |
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4630 | |
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4631 | If defined to be C<1>, then libev will assume that C<signalfd ()> is |
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4632 | available and will probe for kernel support at runtime. This enables |
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4633 | the use of EVFLAG_SIGNALFD for faster and simpler signal handling. If |
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4634 | undefined, it will be enabled if the headers indicate GNU/Linux + Glibc |
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4635 | 2.7 or newer, otherwise disabled. |
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4636 | |
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4637 | =item EV_USE_TIMERFD |
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4638 | |
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4639 | If defined to be C<1>, then libev will assume that C<timerfd ()> is |
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4640 | available and will probe for kernel support at runtime. This allows |
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4641 | libev to detect time jumps accurately. If undefined, it will be enabled |
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4642 | if the headers indicate GNU/Linux + Glibc 2.8 or newer and define |
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4643 | C<TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET>, otherwise disabled. |
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4644 | |
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4645 | =item EV_USE_EVENTFD |
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4646 | |
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4647 | If defined to be C<1>, then libev will assume that C<eventfd ()> is |
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4648 | available and will probe for kernel support at runtime. This will improve |
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4649 | C<ev_signal> and C<ev_async> performance and reduce resource consumption. |
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4650 | If undefined, it will be enabled if the headers indicate GNU/Linux + Glibc |
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4651 | 2.7 or newer, otherwise disabled. |
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4652 | |
| 4620 | =item EV_USE_SELECT |
4653 | =item EV_USE_SELECT |
| 4621 | |
4654 | |
| 4622 | If undefined or defined to be C<1>, libev will compile in support for the |
4655 | If undefined or defined to be C<1>, libev will compile in support for the |
| 4623 | C<select>(2) backend. No attempt at auto-detection will be done: if no |
4656 | C<select>(2) backend. No attempt at auto-detection will be done: if no |
| 4624 | other method takes over, select will be it. Otherwise the select backend |
4657 | other method takes over, select will be it. Otherwise the select backend |
