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From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
To: Andre Oppermann <andre@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: [REVIEW/TEST] polling(4) changes
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On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 08:29:43PM +0200, Andre Oppermann wrote:
A> > It adds a stub function call every tick. The function returns almost
A> > immediately if no interfaces do polling.
A> 
A> If it does a FOREACH(interface) then it should stay as a kernel option.

It isn't. Just 'if (poll_handlers == 0) return;'.

Anyway, deoptionalizing polling would be a separate commit and
discussion.

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