Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2014 23:59:52 +0100 From: Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@stack.nl> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: [patch] libc/resolv: use poll() instead of kqueue() Message-ID: <20140108225951.GB87058@stack.nl>
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The resolver in libc creates a kqueue for watching a single file
descriptor. This can be done using poll() which should be lighter on the
kernel and reduce possible problems with rlimits (file descriptors,
kqueues).
Index: lib/libc/include/port_before.h
===================================================================
--- lib/libc/include/port_before.h (revision 260048)
+++ lib/libc/include/port_before.h (working copy)
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
#define _LIBC 1
#define DO_PTHREADS 1
-#define USE_KQUEUE 1
+#define USE_POLL 1
#define ISC_SOCKLEN_T socklen_t
#define ISC_FORMAT_PRINTF(fmt, args) \
Index: lib/libc/resolv/res_send.c
===================================================================
--- lib/libc/resolv/res_send.c (revision 260048)
+++ lib/libc/resolv/res_send.c (working copy)
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
*/
#include "port_before.h"
-#ifndef USE_KQUEUE
+#if !defined(USE_KQUEUE) && !defined(USE_POLL)
#include "fd_setsize.h"
#endif
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ send_dg(res_state statp,
timeout.tv_nsec/1000000;
pollfd.fd = s;
pollfd.events = POLLRDNORM;
- n = poll(&pollfd, 1, polltimeout);
+ n = _poll(&pollfd, 1, polltimeout);
#endif /* USE_POLL */
if (n == 0) {
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