+/*
+ * libev epoll fd activity backend
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2007 Marc Alexander Lehmann <libev@schmorp.de>
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met:
+ *
+ * * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *
+ * * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+ * disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
+ * with the distribution.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
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+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
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+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * general notes about epoll:
+ *
+ * a) epoll silently removes fds from the fd set. as nothing tells us
+ * that an fd has been removed otherwise, we have to continually
+ * "rearm" fds that we suspect *might* have changed (same
+ * problem with kqueue, but much less costly there).
+ * b) the fact that ADD != MOD creates a lot of extra syscalls due to a)
+ * and seems not to have any advantage.
+ * c) the inability to handle fork or file descriptors (think dup)
+ * limits the applicability over poll, so this is not a generic
+ * poll replacement.
+ *
+ * lots of "weird code" and complication handling in this file is due
+ * to these design problems with epoll, as we try very hard to avoid
+ * epoll_ctl syscalls for common usage patterns.
+ */