Re: kqueue clarification

To: tech-kern%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: kqueue clarification
From: Sad Clouds <cryintothebluesky%googlemail.com@localhost>
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:40:06 +0100

On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 14:04:18 +0100
Sad Clouds <cryintothebluesky%googlemail.com@localhost> wrote:

> What I find confusing is that kevent() returns int data type, however
> the length of eventlist given by nevents can be up to size_t.
> 
> Suppose you have more than INT_MAX events in kqueue, what are the
> semantics of kevent()?

OK, I guess unless Unix file descriptor type changes (which is signed
integer) kqueue will be limited by that.

References:
- kqueue clarification
  - From: Sad Clouds

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