Nmap Development: nsock epoll() reactor?

From: majek04 <majek04+nmap-dev_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 00:29:51 +0100

Hi!

Nsock is based on good old select() (nsock_core.cc, line 174)
Maybe it's time to move to some newer and faster technologies
like epoll()?

I think that stealing the code from libevent/epoll.c could
be good idea for start. (except for BSD + advertising license)

Also lighttpd has some interesting reactors
(lighttpd/src/fdevent_linux_sysepoll.c).

What do you guys think?

Marek Majkowski

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Btw. It seems that in some corner cases nmap's nsock core is faster
than libevent :)
http://majek4.blogspot.com/2007/11/trinity-choice-nsock-over-libevent.html
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