libancillary

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This example shows how eventfd(2) file descriptors can be shared over Unix sockets by processes which have no common ancestor.

This problem appears frequently if one needs a poll(2) compatible notification mechanism; for instance when using queues in shared memory, to signal the reader that data is available.

Usage:

make run evserver in one window run evclient in another window

This code uses the libancil library: http://www.normalesup.org/~george/comp/libancillary/

Michael Haberler 1/2014