If the returned value of read/recv is 0 (meaning EOF), we'll end up in an
infinite loop (active wait) until something is written on the pipe which is
not really what we want here especially because those functions are called
from the main thread.
Signed-off-by: David Goulet <dgoulet@ev0ke.net>
This way we can use the linux eventfd extension where available.
Using EVFILT_USER on the BSDs will be a teeny bit trickier, and will
require libevent hacking.
Also, re-enable the #if'd out condition-variable code.
Work queues are going to make us hack on all of this stuff a bit more
closely, so it might not be a terrible idea to make it easier to hack.