In fact, all of the I / O are polling method, but to achieve the level of difference in terminology.
This problem may be a bit further, but believe that we can answer that question is I / O multiplexers have a good understanding of where tornado is the use of epoll.
selec, poll and epoll difference summary
Select substantially has three disadvantages:
连接数受限
查找配对速度慢
数据由内核拷贝到用户态
The first drawback improved poll
epoll changed three drawbacks.