// read retrieves pending events, or waits until an event occurs.
// A timeout of nil blocks indefinitely, while 0 polls the queue.
func read(kq int, events []unix.Kevent_t, timeout *unix.Timespec) ([]unix.Kevent_t, error) {
n, err := unix.Kevent(kq, nil, events, timeout)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
return events[0:n], nil
}
// register events with the queue
func register(kq int, fds []int, flags int, fflags uint32) error {
changes := make([]unix.Kevent_t, len(fds))
for i, fd := range fds {
// SetKevent converts int to the platform-specific types:
unix.SetKevent(&changes[i], fd, unix.EVFILT_VNODE, flags)
changes[i].Fflags = fflags
}
// register the events
success, err := unix.Kevent(kq, changes, nil, nil)
if success == -1 {
return err
}
return nil
}