Applied patch #1657 epoll and kqueue wrappers for the select module
The patch adds wrappers for the Linux epoll syscalls and the BSD kqueue syscalls. Thanks to Thomas Herve and the Twisted people for their support and help.
TODO: Finish documentation documentation
diff --git a/Lib/test/regrtest.py b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
index 5706813..aed565b 100755
--- a/Lib/test/regrtest.py
+++ b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
@@ -825,10 +825,12 @@
         test_dl
         test_fcntl
         test_fork1
+        test_epoll
         test_gdbm
         test_grp
         test_ioctl
         test_largefile
+        test_kqueue
         test_mhlib
         test_openpty
         test_ossaudiodev
@@ -850,6 +852,7 @@
         test_curses
         test_dl
         test_largefile
+        test_kqueue
         test_ossaudiodev
         """,
    'mac':
@@ -866,10 +869,12 @@
         test_dl
         test_fcntl
         test_fork1
+        test_epoll
         test_grp
         test_ioctl
         test_largefile
         test_locale
+        test_kqueue
         test_mmap
         test_openpty
         test_ossaudiodev
@@ -890,7 +895,9 @@
         test_bsddb
         test_bsddb185
         test_dl
+        test_epoll
         test_largefile
+        test_kqueue
         test_minidom
         test_openpty
         test_pyexpat
@@ -902,7 +909,9 @@
         test_bsddb
         test_bsddb185
         test_dl
+        test_epoll
         test_largefile
+        test_kqueue
         test_minidom
         test_openpty
         test_pyexpat
@@ -916,9 +925,11 @@
         test_bsddb185
         test_dl
         test_fork1
+        test_epoll
         test_gettext
         test_largefile
         test_locale
+        test_kqueue
         test_minidom
         test_openpty
         test_pyexpat
@@ -943,10 +954,12 @@
         test_dl
         test_fcntl
         test_fork1
+        test_epoll
         test_gdbm
         test_grp
         test_largefile
         test_locale
+        test_kqueue
         test_mmap
         test_openpty
         test_poll
@@ -967,9 +980,11 @@
         test_bsddb
         test_bsddb3
         test_curses
+        test_epoll
         test_gdbm
         test_largefile
         test_locale
+        test_kqueue
         test_minidom
         test_ossaudiodev
         test_poll
@@ -980,6 +995,8 @@
         test_bsddb185
         test_curses
         test_dbm
+        test_epoll
+        test_kqueue
         test_gdbm
         test_gzip
         test_openpty
@@ -992,10 +1009,12 @@
         test_bsddb185
         test_curses
         test_dl
+        test_epoll
         test_gdbm
         test_gzip
         test_largefile
         test_locale
+        test_kqueue
         test_minidom
         test_openpty
         test_pyexpat
@@ -1009,8 +1028,10 @@
         test_curses
         test_dl
         test_gdbm
+        test_epoll
         test_largefile
         test_locale
+        test_kqueue
         test_mhlib
         test_mmap
         test_poll
@@ -1023,7 +1044,9 @@
         test_bsddb3
         test_curses
         test_dbm
+        test_epoll
         test_ioctl
+        test_kqueue
         test_largefile
         test_locale
         test_ossaudiodev
@@ -1037,6 +1060,8 @@
         test_commands
         test_curses
         test_dl
+        test_epoll
+        test_kqueue
         test_largefile
         test_mhlib
         test_mmap
@@ -1050,6 +1075,7 @@
         """
         test_bsddb
         test_bsddb3
+        test_epoll
         test_gdbm
         test_locale
         test_ossaudiodev
@@ -1068,8 +1094,10 @@
         test_bsddb3
         test_bz2
         test_dl
+        test_epoll
         test_gdbm
         test_gzip
+        test_kqueue
         test_ossaudiodev
         test_tcl
         test_zipimport
@@ -1081,6 +1109,7 @@
         test_bsddb3
         test_ctypes
         test_dl
+        test_epoll
         test_gdbm
         test_locale
         test_normalization
@@ -1096,6 +1125,7 @@
         test_ctypes
         test_curses
         test_dl
+        test_epoll
         test_gdbm
         test_locale
         test_ossaudiodev
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_epoll.py b/Lib/test/test_epoll.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f56d74f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/test_epoll.py
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2001-2006 Twisted Matrix Laboratories.
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+# a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+# "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+# without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+# distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+# permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+# the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+# included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+# EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+# NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+# LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+# OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+# WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+"""
+Tests for epoll wrapper.
+"""
+import os
+import socket
+import errno
+import time
+import select
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+
+from test import test_support
+if not hasattr(select, "epoll"):
+    raise test_support.TestSkipped("test works only on Linux 2.6")
+
+class TestEPoll(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.serverSocket = socket.socket()
+        self.serverSocket.bind(('127.0.0.1', 0))
+        self.serverSocket.listen(1)
+        self.connections = [self.serverSocket]
+
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        for skt in self.connections:
+            skt.close()
+
+    def _connected_pair(self):
+        client = socket.socket()
+        client.setblocking(False)
+        try:
+            client.connect(('127.0.0.1', self.serverSocket.getsockname()[1]))
+        except socket.error, e:
+            self.assertEquals(e.args[0], errno.EINPROGRESS)
+        else:
+            raise AssertionError("Connect should have raised EINPROGRESS")
+        server, addr = self.serverSocket.accept()
+
+        self.connections.extend((client, server))
+        return client, server
+
+    def test_create(self):
+        try:
+            ep = select.epoll(16)
+        except OSError, e:
+            raise AssertionError(str(e))
+        self.assert_(ep.fileno() > 0, ep.fileno())
+        self.assert_(not ep.closed)
+        ep.close()
+        self.assert_(ep.closed)
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, ep.fileno)
+
+    def test_badcreate(self):
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, select.epoll, 1, 2, 3)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, select.epoll, 'foo')
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, select.epoll, None)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, select.epoll, ())
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, select.epoll, ['foo'])
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, select.epoll, {})
+
+    def test_add(self):
+        server, client = self._connected_pair()
+
+        ep = select.epoll(2)
+        try:
+            ep.register(server.fileno(), select.EPOLLIN | select.EPOLLOUT)
+            ep.register(client.fileno(), select.EPOLLIN | select.EPOLLOUT)
+        finally:
+            ep.close()
+
+    def test_fromfd(self):
+        server, client = self._connected_pair()
+
+        ep = select.epoll(2)
+        ep2 = select.epoll.fromfd(ep.fileno())
+
+        ep2.register(server.fileno(), select.EPOLLIN | select.EPOLLOUT)
+        ep2.register(client.fileno(), select.EPOLLIN | select.EPOLLOUT)
+
+        events = ep.poll(1, 4)
+        events2 = ep2.poll(0.9, 4)
+        self.assertEqual(len(events), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(len(events2), 2)
+
+        ep.close()
+        try:
+            ep2.poll(1, 4)
+        except IOError, e:
+            self.failUnlessEqual(e.args[0], errno.EBADF, e)
+        else:
+            self.fail("epoll on closed fd didn't raise EBADF")
+
+    def test_control_and_wait(self):
+        client, server = self._connected_pair()
+
+        ep = select.epoll(16)
+        ep.register(server.fileno(),
+                   select.EPOLLIN | select.EPOLLOUT | select.EPOLLET)
+        ep.register(client.fileno(),
+                   select.EPOLLIN | select.EPOLLOUT | select.EPOLLET)
+
+        now = time.time()
+        events = ep.poll(1, 4)
+        then = time.time()
+        self.failIf(then - now > 0.1, then - now)
+
+        events.sort()
+        expected = [(client.fileno(), select.EPOLLOUT),
+                    (server.fileno(), select.EPOLLOUT)]
+        expected.sort()
+
+        self.assertEquals(events, expected)
+        self.failIf(then - now > 0.01, then - now)
+
+        now = time.time()
+        events = ep.poll(timeout=2.1, maxevents=4)
+        then = time.time()
+        self.failIf(events)
+
+        client.send("Hello!")
+        server.send("world!!!")
+
+        now = time.time()
+        events = ep.poll(1, 4)
+        then = time.time()
+        self.failIf(then - now > 0.01)
+
+        events.sort()
+        expected = [(client.fileno(), select.EPOLLIN | select.EPOLLOUT),
+                    (server.fileno(), select.EPOLLIN | select.EPOLLOUT)]
+        expected.sort()
+
+        self.assertEquals(events, expected)
+
+        ep.unregister(client.fileno())
+        ep.modify(server.fileno(), select.EPOLLOUT)
+        now = time.time()
+        events = ep.poll(1, 4)
+        then = time.time()
+        self.failIf(then - now > 0.01)
+
+        expected = [(server.fileno(), select.EPOLLOUT)]
+        self.assertEquals(events, expected)
+
+    def test_errors(self):
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, select.epoll, -2)
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, select.epoll().register, -1,
+                          select.EPOLLIN)
+
+    def test_unregister_closed(self):
+        server, client = self._connected_pair()
+        fd = server.fileno()
+        ep = select.epoll(16)
+        ep.register(server)
+
+        now = time.time()
+        events = ep.poll(1, 4)
+        then = time.time()
+        self.failIf(then - now > 0.01)
+
+        server.close()
+        ep.unregister(fd)
+
+def test_main():
+    test_support.run_unittest(TestEPoll)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_kqueue.py b/Lib/test/test_kqueue.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f78ca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/test_kqueue.py
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+"""
+Tests for kqueue wrapper.
+"""
+import socket
+import errno
+import time
+import select
+import sys
+import unittest
+
+from test import test_support
+if not hasattr(select, "kqueue"):
+    raise test_support.TestSkipped("test works only on BSD")
+
+class TestKQueue(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_create_queue(self):
+        kq = select.kqueue()
+        self.assert_(kq.fileno() > 0, kq.fileno())
+        self.assert_(not kq.closed)
+        kq.close()
+        self.assert_(kq.closed)
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, kq.fileno)
+
+    def test_create_event(self):
+        fd = sys.stderr.fileno()
+        ev = select.kevent(fd)
+        other = select.kevent(1000)
+        self.assertEqual(ev.ident, fd)
+        self.assertEqual(ev.filter, select.KQ_FILTER_READ)
+        self.assertEqual(ev.flags, select.KQ_EV_ADD)
+        self.assertEqual(ev.fflags, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(ev.data, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(ev.udata, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(ev, ev)
+        self.assertNotEqual(ev, other)
+        self.assertEqual(cmp(ev, other), -1)
+        self.assert_(ev < other)
+        self.assert_(other >= ev)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, cmp, ev, None)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, cmp, ev, 1)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, cmp, ev, "ev")
+
+        ev = select.kevent(fd, select.KQ_FILTER_WRITE)
+        self.assertEqual(ev.ident, fd)
+        self.assertEqual(ev.filter, select.KQ_FILTER_WRITE)
+        self.assertEqual(ev.flags, select.KQ_EV_ADD)
+        self.assertEqual(ev.fflags, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(ev.data, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(ev.udata, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(ev, ev)
+        self.assertNotEqual(ev, other)
+
+        ev = select.kevent(fd, select.KQ_FILTER_WRITE, select.KQ_EV_ONESHOT)
+        self.assertEqual(ev.ident, fd)
+        self.assertEqual(ev.filter, select.KQ_FILTER_WRITE)
+        self.assertEqual(ev.flags, select.KQ_EV_ONESHOT)
+        self.assertEqual(ev.fflags, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(ev.data, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(ev.udata, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(ev, ev)
+        self.assertNotEqual(ev, other)
+
+        ev = select.kevent(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
+        self.assertEqual(ev.ident, 1)
+        self.assertEqual(ev.filter, 2)
+        self.assertEqual(ev.flags, 3)
+        self.assertEqual(ev.fflags, 4)
+        self.assertEqual(ev.data, 5)
+        self.assertEqual(ev.udata, 6)
+        self.assertEqual(ev, ev)
+        self.assertNotEqual(ev, other)
+
+    def test_queue_event(self):
+        serverSocket = socket.socket()
+        serverSocket.bind(('127.0.0.1', 0))
+        serverSocket.listen(1)
+        client = socket.socket()
+        client.setblocking(False)
+        try:
+            client.connect(('127.0.0.1', serverSocket.getsockname()[1]))
+        except socket.error, e:
+            self.assertEquals(e.args[0], errno.EINPROGRESS)
+        else:
+            #raise AssertionError("Connect should have raised EINPROGRESS")
+            pass # FreeBSD doesn't raise an exception here
+        server, addr = serverSocket.accept()
+
+        if sys.platform.startswith("darwin"):
+            flags = select.KQ_EV_ADD | select.KQ_EV_ENABLE
+        else:
+            flags = 0
+
+        kq = select.kqueue()
+        kq2 = select.kqueue.fromfd(kq.fileno())
+
+        ev = select.kevent(server.fileno(),
+                           select.KQ_FILTER_WRITE,
+                           select.KQ_EV_ADD | select.KQ_EV_ENABLE)
+        kq.control([ev], 0)
+        ev = select.kevent(server.fileno(),
+                           select.KQ_FILTER_READ,
+                           select.KQ_EV_ADD | select.KQ_EV_ENABLE)
+        kq.control([ev], 0)
+        ev = select.kevent(client.fileno(),
+                           select.KQ_FILTER_WRITE,
+                           select.KQ_EV_ADD | select.KQ_EV_ENABLE)
+        kq2.control([ev], 0)
+        ev = select.kevent(client.fileno(),
+                           select.KQ_FILTER_READ,
+                           select.KQ_EV_ADD | select.KQ_EV_ENABLE)
+        kq2.control([ev], 0)
+
+        events = kq.control(None, 4, 1)
+        events = [(e.ident, e.filter, e.flags) for e in events]
+        events.sort()
+        self.assertEquals(events, [
+            (client.fileno(), select.KQ_FILTER_WRITE, flags),
+            (server.fileno(), select.KQ_FILTER_WRITE, flags)])
+
+        client.send("Hello!")
+        server.send("world!!!")
+
+        events = kq.control(None, 4, 1)
+        # We may need to call it several times
+        for i in range(5):
+            if len(events) == 4:
+                break
+            events = kq.control(None, 4, 1)
+        events = [(e.ident, e.filter, e.flags) for e in events]
+        events.sort()
+
+        self.assertEquals(events, [
+            (client.fileno(), select.KQ_FILTER_WRITE, flags),
+            (client.fileno(), select.KQ_FILTER_READ, flags),
+            (server.fileno(), select.KQ_FILTER_WRITE, flags),
+            (server.fileno(), select.KQ_FILTER_READ, flags)])
+
+        # Remove completely client, and server read part
+        ev = select.kevent(client.fileno(),
+                           select.KQ_FILTER_WRITE,
+                           select.KQ_EV_DELETE)
+        kq.control([ev], 0)
+        ev = select.kevent(client.fileno(),
+                           select.KQ_FILTER_READ,
+                           select.KQ_EV_DELETE)
+        kq.control([ev], 0)
+        ev = select.kevent(server.fileno(),
+                           select.KQ_FILTER_READ,
+                           select.KQ_EV_DELETE)
+        kq.control([ev], 0, 0)
+
+        events = kq.control([], 4, 0.99)
+        events = [(e.ident, e.filter, e.flags) for e in events]
+        events.sort()
+        self.assertEquals(events, [
+            (server.fileno(), select.KQ_FILTER_WRITE, flags)])
+
+        client.close()
+        server.close()
+        serverSocket.close()
+
+def test_main():
+    test_support.run_unittest(TestKQueue)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_poll.py b/Lib/test/test_poll.py
index 5dbfc2c..fb6cd30 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_poll.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_poll.py
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
 
         for i in range(NUM_PIPES):
             rd, wr = os.pipe()
-            p.register(rd, select.POLLIN)
+            p.register(rd)
+            p.modify(rd, select.POLLIN)
             p.register(wr, select.POLLOUT)
             readers.append(rd)
             writers.append(wr)