cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 trap.c src/sys/kern kern_poll.c

[Joerg Sonnenberger]

On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 08:10:19AM -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote:
>     Cheap is a relative term.  But you are missing the point... the problem
>     isn't whether it's cheap, it's whether it provides any sort of 
>     deterministic, reliable operation.  And the answer is: it doesn't.

If you ignore the conditional and function call overhead, yes it is
deterministic. That's what kern.polling.poll_in_trap is for.

Joerg