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Date:      Thu, 13 Nov 2003 04:56:42 -0500 (EST)
From:      der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
To:        hackers@openbsd.org, tech-kern@NetBSD.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: kqueue, NOTE_EOF
Message-ID:  <200311131004.FAA25087@Sparkle.Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
In-Reply-To: <200311130926.hAD9Q3jv024862@s102-n054.tele2.cz>
References:  <200311130926.hAD9Q3jv024862@s102-n054.tele2.cz>

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>> I think the difference is in the default behavior.  When you're at
>> EOF, I know that poll() will give you a read-availability event, so
>> you'll read the EOF.  Will kqueue?
> AFAIK yes for sockets, not for file descriptor (i.e. descriptor open
> to a file on filesystem).  Would poll() give you read-availability
> event when on end of file on filesystem.

IMO it should, since a read() wouldn't block.

When I tried it (admittedly against a rather old kernel) it does.

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