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fix(turnloop): don't probe epoll_pwait2 on Android - #136

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Summary

Android's app seccomp filter doesn't list epoll_pwait2, so the probe in Epoll::new kills the process with SIGSYS instead of failing with ENOSYS. Every Android program built on turnloop dies at loop construction. On Android the backend now skips the probe and takes the one-shot timerfd + epoll_wait(-1) path that kernels without epoll_pwait2 already use.

This upstreams Perry f3d71e8a23, which patched Perry's vendored copy; Perry needs it in a published release (0.1.0-beta.2) to drop that copy (PerryTS/perry#14325).

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  • The non-Android path is unchanged in behavior; CI's Linux jobs exercise it.
  • No CI job targets Android; the Android branch is cfg!(target_os = "android") || { probe }, so it compiles on every Linux target.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01RuKCUpDf2GnMNg4owQ7HuU

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved compatibility on Android by avoiding an unsupported system call that could terminate the app. Android now uses a timer-based fallback, while other platforms continue to detect system call support.

Android's app seccomp filter doesn't list epoll_pwait2, so the
construction-time probe kills the process with SIGSYS instead of failing
with ENOSYS. Android takes the timerfd path older kernels use.

Upstreams Perry f3d71e8a23, which patched Perry's vendored copy.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01RuKCUpDf2GnMNg4owQ7HuU
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The epoll backend now skips the epoll_pwait2 probe on Android and uses the timerfd fallback. Other platforms retain the probe and its existing error handling.

Changes: Epoll probe handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Platform-specific probe behavior
crates/turnloop/src/backend/epoll.rs
The documentation describes Android's timerfd fallback. Epoll::new skips the probe on Android; on other platforms, ENOSYS selects the fallback and other probe errors are returned.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 719c3

No actionable issue is established before merge. An Android run would provide additional confidence but is not evidence of a defect.

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Title check Passed The title names the change: Android skips the epoll_pwait2 probe in the turnloop backend. The raw summary confirms that Epoll::new now marks Android unsupported without probing, and the objectives say…
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The title names the change: Android skips the epoll_pwait2 probe in the turnloop backend. The raw summary confirms that Epoll::new now marks Android unsupported without probing, and the objectives say the Android seccomp filter lacks epoll_pwait2, so the probe triggers SIGSYS. The title is specific and matches the main change. It uses the conventional commit prefix fix(turnloop), which is clear and scoped.

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