Re: [boost] Boost.asio avoid the use of pipe

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost.asio avoid the use of pipe
From: Niall Douglas (s_sourceforge_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-04-03 05:54:48

On 2 Apr 2014 at 19:20, Thomas Heller wrote:

> I'm currently trying to get a asio based software to run on CNK (a very
> lightweight kernel) which only implements a subset of the POSIX functions.
> One of the functions which is not implement is pipe. However, asio uses
> this in the epoll and select reactor. Is there any possibility to avoid
> that pipe is used?
> What options do I have?

Yeah, I've faced that problem too before.

To be honest, the easiest path overall is to write your own pipe 
implementation using whatever the native OS provides. One solution I 
have used in the past is a socket running over loopback, it works and 
probably isn't that much slower than a proper pipe implementation :)

Niall

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