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zesDriverEventListen[Ex] timeout return code

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
api

Research direction

Start with the zesDriverEventListen[Ex] specification section linked in the issue and review its current timeout and return-code wording. Determine whether an explicit timeout result and behavior before the requested time expires are intended, then document the agreed API semantics; done means the specification is unambiguous and the change has maintainer agreement.

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Description

I suggest adding an explicit timeout return code for zesDriverEventListen[Ex] calls. Right now, the user has to infer a timeout occurred when ze_result_t == ZE_SUCCESS and pNumDeviceEvents = 0. The specification isn't 100% clear that a timeout will result in the pNumDeviceEvents being cleared. An explicit error code leaves no doubt. The spec is also ambitious in stating that the timeout will only occur once the time expires. It seems like an -EINTR or similar type error could cause a timeout to occur before the time expires. Perhaps the spec should allow for a timeout to occur before the time expires?

https://spec.oneapi.com/level-zero/latest/sysman/api.html#zesdrivereventlistenex

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