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There's been a few requests for functionality similar to io_getevents() and epoll_wait(), where the user can specify a timeout for waiting on events. I deliberately did not add support for this through the system call initially to avoid overloading the args, but I can see that the use cases for this are valid. This adds support for IORING_OP_TIMEOUT. If a user wants to get woken when waiting for events, simply submit one of these timeout commands with your wait call (or before). This ensures that the application sleeping on the CQ ring waiting for events will get woken. The timeout command is passed in as a pointer to a struct timespec. Timeouts are relative. The timeout command also includes a way to auto-cancel after N events has passed. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.