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+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2016, Google Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+ * in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ * distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "src/core/lib/iomgr/port.h"
+
+/* This polling engine is only relevant on linux kernels supporting epoll() */
+#ifdef GRPC_LINUX_EPOLL
+
+#include "src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epoll_linux.h"
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <poll.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/epoll.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <grpc/support/alloc.h>
+#include <grpc/support/log.h>
+#include <grpc/support/string_util.h>
+#include <grpc/support/tls.h>
+#include <grpc/support/useful.h>
+
+#include "src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_posix.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_internal.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/iomgr/timer.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/iomgr/wakeup_fd_posix.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/iomgr/workqueue.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/profiling/timers.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/support/block_annotate.h"
+
+/* Uncomment the following to enable extra checks on poll_object operations */
+/* #define PO_DEBUG */
+
+/* TODO: sreek: Right now, this wakes up all pollers. In future we should make
+ * sure to wake up one polling thread (which can wake up other threads if
+ * needed) */
+static grpc_wakeup_fd global_wakeup_fd;
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Fd Declarations
+ */
+
+#define FD_FROM_PO(po) ((grpc_fd *)(po))
+
+struct grpc_fd {
+  gpr_mu mu;
+  int fd;
+  /* refst format:
+       bit 0    : 1=Active / 0=Orphaned
+       bits 1-n : refcount
+     Ref/Unref by two to avoid altering the orphaned bit */
+  gpr_atm refst;
+
+  /* The fd is either closed or we relinquished control of it. In either
+     cases, this indicates that the 'fd' on this structure is no longer
+     valid */
+  bool orphaned;
+
+  gpr_atm read_closure;
+  gpr_atm write_closure;
+
+  struct grpc_fd *freelist_next;
+  grpc_closure *on_done_closure;
+
+  /* The pollset that last noticed that the fd is readable. The actual type
+   * stored in this is (grpc_pollset *) */
+  gpr_atm read_notifier_pollset;
+
+  grpc_iomgr_object iomgr_object;
+};
+
+/* Reference counting for fds */
+// #define GRPC_FD_REF_COUNT_DEBUG
+#ifdef GRPC_FD_REF_COUNT_DEBUG
+static void fd_ref(grpc_fd *fd, const char *reason, const char *file, int line);
+static void fd_unref(grpc_fd *fd, const char *reason, const char *file,
+                     int line);
+#define GRPC_FD_REF(fd, reason) fd_ref(fd, reason, __FILE__, __LINE__)
+#define GRPC_FD_UNREF(fd, reason) fd_unref(fd, reason, __FILE__, __LINE__)
+#else
+static void fd_ref(grpc_fd *fd);
+static void fd_unref(grpc_fd *fd);
+#define GRPC_FD_REF(fd, reason) fd_ref(fd)
+#define GRPC_FD_UNREF(fd, reason) fd_unref(fd)
+#endif
+
+static void fd_global_init(void);
+static void fd_global_shutdown(void);
+
+static void workqueue_enqueue(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_closure *closure,
+                              grpc_error *error);
+
+static const grpc_closure_scheduler_vtable workqueue_scheduler_vtable = {
+    workqueue_enqueue, workqueue_enqueue, "workqueue"};
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Pollset Declarations
+ */
+struct grpc_pollset_worker {
+  /* Thread id of this worker */
+  pthread_t pt_id;
+
+  /* Used to prevent a worker from getting kicked multiple times */
+  gpr_atm is_kicked;
+  struct grpc_pollset_worker *next;
+  struct grpc_pollset_worker *prev;
+};
+
+struct grpc_pollset {};
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Pollset-set Declarations
+ */
+struct grpc_pollset_set {};
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Common helpers
+ */
+
+#ifdef GRPC_WORKQUEUE_REFCOUNT_DEBUG
+static grpc_workqueue *workqueue_ref(grpc_workqueue *workqueue,
+                                     const char *file, int line,
+                                     const char *reason) {
+  if (workqueue != NULL) {
+    abort();
+  }
+  return workqueue;
+}
+
+static void workqueue_unref(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_workqueue *workqueue,
+                            const char *file, int line, const char *reason) {
+  if (workqueue != NULL) {
+    abort();
+  }
+}
+#else
+static grpc_workqueue *workqueue_ref(grpc_workqueue *workqueue) {
+  if (workqueue != NULL) {
+    abort();
+  }
+  return workqueue;
+}
+
+static void workqueue_unref(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
+                            grpc_workqueue *workqueue) {
+  if (workqueue != NULL) {
+    abort();
+  }
+}
+#endif
+
+static void workqueue_enqueue(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_closure *closure,
+                              grpc_error *error) {
+  GPR_TIMER_BEGIN("workqueue.enqueue", 0);
+  // grpc_workqueue *workqueue = (grpc_workqueue *)closure->scheduler;
+  abort();
+}
+
+static grpc_closure_scheduler *workqueue_scheduler(grpc_workqueue *workqueue) {
+  abort();
+}
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Fd Definitions
+ */
+
+/* We need to keep a freelist not because of any concerns of malloc performance
+ * but instead so that implementations with multiple threads in (for example)
+ * epoll_wait deal with the race between pollset removal and incoming poll
+ * notifications.
+ *
+ * The problem is that the poller ultimately holds a reference to this
+ * object, so it is very difficult to know when is safe to free it, at least
+ * without some expensive synchronization.
+ *
+ * If we keep the object freelisted, in the worst case losing this race just
+ * becomes a spurious read notification on a reused fd.
+ */
+
+/* The alarm system needs to be able to wakeup 'some poller' sometimes
+ * (specifically when a new alarm needs to be triggered earlier than the next
+ * alarm 'epoch'). This wakeup_fd gives us something to alert on when such a
+ * case occurs. */
+
+static grpc_fd *fd_freelist = NULL;
+static gpr_mu fd_freelist_mu;
+
+#ifdef GRPC_FD_REF_COUNT_DEBUG
+#define REF_BY(fd, n, reason) ref_by(fd, n, reason, __FILE__, __LINE__)
+#define UNREF_BY(fd, n, reason) unref_by(fd, n, reason, __FILE__, __LINE__)
+static void ref_by(grpc_fd *fd, int n, const char *reason, const char *file,
+                   int line) {
+  gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "FD %d %p   ref %d %ld -> %ld [%s; %s:%d]", fd->fd,
+          (void *)fd, n, gpr_atm_no_barrier_load(&fd->refst),
+          gpr_atm_no_barrier_load(&fd->refst) + n, reason, file, line);
+#else
+#define REF_BY(fd, n, reason) ref_by(fd, n)
+#define UNREF_BY(fd, n, reason) unref_by(fd, n)
+static void ref_by(grpc_fd *fd, int n) {
+#endif
+  GPR_ASSERT(gpr_atm_no_barrier_fetch_add(&fd->refst, n) > 0);
+}
+
+#ifdef GRPC_FD_REF_COUNT_DEBUG
+static void unref_by(grpc_fd *fd, int n, const char *reason, const char *file,
+                     int line) {
+  gpr_atm old;
+  gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "FD %d %p unref %d %ld -> %ld [%s; %s:%d]", fd->fd,
+          (void *)fd, n, gpr_atm_no_barrier_load(&fd->refst),
+          gpr_atm_no_barrier_load(&fd->refst) - n, reason, file, line);
+#else
+static void unref_by(grpc_fd *fd, int n) {
+  gpr_atm old;
+#endif
+  old = gpr_atm_full_fetch_add(&fd->refst, -n);
+  if (old == n) {
+    /* Add the fd to the freelist */
+    gpr_mu_lock(&fd_freelist_mu);
+    fd->freelist_next = fd_freelist;
+    fd_freelist = fd;
+    grpc_iomgr_unregister_object(&fd->iomgr_object);
+
+    grpc_lfev_destroy(&fd->read_closure);
+    grpc_lfev_destroy(&fd->write_closure);
+
+    gpr_mu_unlock(&fd_freelist_mu);
+  } else {
+    GPR_ASSERT(old > n);
+  }
+}
+
+static void fd_global_init(void) { gpr_mu_init(&fd_freelist_mu); }
+
+static void fd_global_shutdown(void) {
+  gpr_mu_lock(&fd_freelist_mu);
+  gpr_mu_unlock(&fd_freelist_mu);
+  while (fd_freelist != NULL) {
+    grpc_fd *fd = fd_freelist;
+    fd_freelist = fd_freelist->freelist_next;
+    gpr_mu_destroy(&fd->mu);
+    gpr_free(fd);
+  }
+  gpr_mu_destroy(&fd_freelist_mu);
+}
+
+static grpc_fd *fd_create(int fd, const char *name) {
+  grpc_fd *new_fd = NULL;
+
+  gpr_mu_lock(&fd_freelist_mu);
+  if (fd_freelist != NULL) {
+    new_fd = fd_freelist;
+    fd_freelist = fd_freelist->freelist_next;
+  }
+  gpr_mu_unlock(&fd_freelist_mu);
+
+  if (new_fd == NULL) {
+    new_fd = gpr_malloc(sizeof(grpc_fd));
+    gpr_mu_init(&new_fd->mu);
+  }
+
+  /* Note: It is not really needed to get the new_fd->mu lock here. If this
+   * is a newly created fd (or an fd we got from the freelist), no one else
+   * would be holding a lock to it anyway. */
+  gpr_mu_lock(&new_fd->mu);
+
+  gpr_atm_rel_store(&new_fd->refst, (gpr_atm)1);
+  new_fd->fd = fd;
+  new_fd->orphaned = false;
+  grpc_lfev_init(&new_fd->read_closure);
+  grpc_lfev_init(&new_fd->write_closure);
+  gpr_atm_no_barrier_store(&new_fd->read_notifier_pollset, (gpr_atm)NULL);
+
+  new_fd->freelist_next = NULL;
+  new_fd->on_done_closure = NULL;
+
+  gpr_mu_unlock(&new_fd->mu);
+
+  char *fd_name;
+  gpr_asprintf(&fd_name, "%s fd=%d", name, fd);
+  grpc_iomgr_register_object(&new_fd->iomgr_object, fd_name);
+#ifdef GRPC_FD_REF_COUNT_DEBUG
+  gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "FD %d %p create %s", fd, (void *)new_fd, fd_name);
+#endif
+  gpr_free(fd_name);
+  return new_fd;
+}
+
+static int fd_wrapped_fd(grpc_fd *fd) {
+  int ret_fd = -1;
+  gpr_mu_lock(&fd->mu);
+  if (!fd->orphaned) {
+    ret_fd = fd->fd;
+  }
+  gpr_mu_unlock(&fd->mu);
+
+  return ret_fd;
+}
+
+static void fd_orphan(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_fd *fd,
+                      grpc_closure *on_done, int *release_fd,
+                      const char *reason) {
+  bool is_fd_closed = false;
+  grpc_error *error = GRPC_ERROR_NONE;
+
+  gpr_mu_lock(&fd->mu);
+  fd->on_done_closure = on_done;
+
+  /* If release_fd is not NULL, we should be relinquishing control of the file
+     descriptor fd->fd (but we still own the grpc_fd structure). */
+  if (release_fd != NULL) {
+    *release_fd = fd->fd;
+  } else {
+    close(fd->fd);
+    is_fd_closed = true;
+  }
+
+  fd->orphaned = true;
+
+  /* Remove the active status but keep referenced. We want this grpc_fd struct
+     to be alive (and not added to freelist) until the end of this function */
+  REF_BY(fd, 1, reason);
+
+  grpc_closure_sched(exec_ctx, fd->on_done_closure, GRPC_ERROR_REF(error));
+
+  gpr_mu_unlock(&fd->mu);
+  UNREF_BY(fd, 2, reason); /* Drop the reference */
+  GRPC_LOG_IF_ERROR("fd_orphan", GRPC_ERROR_REF(error));
+  GRPC_ERROR_UNREF(error);
+}
+
+static grpc_pollset *fd_get_read_notifier_pollset(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
+                                                  grpc_fd *fd) {
+  gpr_atm notifier = gpr_atm_acq_load(&fd->read_notifier_pollset);
+  return (grpc_pollset *)notifier;
+}
+
+static bool fd_is_shutdown(grpc_fd *fd) {
+  return grpc_lfev_is_shutdown(&fd->read_closure);
+}
+
+/* Might be called multiple times */
+static void fd_shutdown(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_fd *fd, grpc_error *why) {
+  if (grpc_lfev_set_shutdown(exec_ctx, &fd->read_closure,
+                             GRPC_ERROR_REF(why))) {
+    shutdown(fd->fd, SHUT_RDWR);
+    grpc_lfev_set_shutdown(exec_ctx, &fd->write_closure, GRPC_ERROR_REF(why));
+  }
+  GRPC_ERROR_UNREF(why);
+}
+
+static void fd_notify_on_read(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_fd *fd,
+                              grpc_closure *closure) {
+  grpc_lfev_notify_on(exec_ctx, &fd->read_closure, closure);
+}
+
+static void fd_notify_on_write(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_fd *fd,
+                               grpc_closure *closure) {
+  grpc_lfev_notify_on(exec_ctx, &fd->write_closure, closure);
+}
+
+static grpc_workqueue *fd_get_workqueue(grpc_fd *fd) { abort(); }
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Pollset Definitions
+ */
+GPR_TLS_DECL(g_current_thread_pollset);
+GPR_TLS_DECL(g_current_thread_worker);
+
+static void poller_kick_init() {}
+
+/* Global state management */
+static grpc_error *pollset_global_init(void) {
+  gpr_tls_init(&g_current_thread_pollset);
+  gpr_tls_init(&g_current_thread_worker);
+  poller_kick_init();
+  return grpc_wakeup_fd_init(&global_wakeup_fd);
+}
+
+static void pollset_global_shutdown(void) {
+  grpc_wakeup_fd_destroy(&global_wakeup_fd);
+  gpr_tls_destroy(&g_current_thread_pollset);
+  gpr_tls_destroy(&g_current_thread_worker);
+}
+
+/* p->mu must be held before calling this function */
+static grpc_error *pollset_kick(grpc_pollset *p,
+                                grpc_pollset_worker *specific_worker) {
+  abort();
+}
+
+static grpc_error *kick_poller(void) { abort(); }
+
+static void pollset_init(grpc_pollset *pollset, gpr_mu **mu) {}
+
+/* Convert a timespec to milliseconds:
+   - Very small or negative poll times are clamped to zero to do a non-blocking
+     poll (which becomes spin polling)
+   - Other small values are rounded up to one millisecond
+   - Longer than a millisecond polls are rounded up to the next nearest
+     millisecond to avoid spinning
+   - Infinite timeouts are converted to -1 */
+static int poll_deadline_to_millis_timeout(gpr_timespec deadline,
+                                           gpr_timespec now) {
+  gpr_timespec timeout;
+  static const int64_t max_spin_polling_us = 10;
+  if (gpr_time_cmp(deadline, gpr_inf_future(deadline.clock_type)) == 0) {
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  if (gpr_time_cmp(deadline, gpr_time_add(now, gpr_time_from_micros(
+                                                   max_spin_polling_us,
+                                                   GPR_TIMESPAN))) <= 0) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+  timeout = gpr_time_sub(deadline, now);
+  int millis = gpr_time_to_millis(gpr_time_add(
+      timeout, gpr_time_from_nanos(GPR_NS_PER_MS - 1, GPR_TIMESPAN)));
+  return millis >= 1 ? millis : 1;
+}
+
+static void fd_become_readable(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_fd *fd,
+                               grpc_pollset *notifier) {
+  grpc_lfev_set_ready(exec_ctx, &fd->read_closure);
+
+  /* Note, it is possible that fd_become_readable might be called twice with
+     different 'notifier's when an fd becomes readable and it is in two epoll
+     sets (This can happen briefly during polling island merges). In such cases
+     it does not really matter which notifer is set as the read_notifier_pollset
+     (They would both point to the same polling island anyway) */
+  /* Use release store to match with acquire load in fd_get_read_notifier */
+  gpr_atm_rel_store(&fd->read_notifier_pollset, (gpr_atm)notifier);
+}
+
+static void fd_become_writable(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_fd *fd) {
+  grpc_lfev_set_ready(exec_ctx, &fd->write_closure);
+}
+
+static void finish_shutdown_locked(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
+                                   grpc_pollset *pollset) {
+  abort();
+}
+
+/* pollset->po.mu lock must be held by the caller before calling this */
+static void pollset_shutdown(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_pollset *pollset,
+                             grpc_closure *closure) {}
+
+/* pollset_shutdown is guaranteed to be called before pollset_destroy. So other
+ * than destroying the mutexes, there is nothing special that needs to be done
+ * here */
+static void pollset_destroy(grpc_pollset *pollset) {}
+
+/* pollset->po.mu lock must be held by the caller before calling this.
+   The function pollset_work() may temporarily release the lock (pollset->po.mu)
+   during the course of its execution but it will always re-acquire the lock and
+   ensure that it is held by the time the function returns */
+static grpc_error *pollset_work(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_pollset *pollset,
+                                grpc_pollset_worker **worker_hdl,
+                                gpr_timespec now, gpr_timespec deadline) {
+  abort();
+}
+
+static void pollset_add_fd(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_pollset *pollset,
+                           grpc_fd *fd) {
+  abort();
+}
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Pollset-set Definitions
+ */
+
+static grpc_pollset_set *pollset_set_create(void) {
+  grpc_pollset_set *pss = gpr_malloc(sizeof(*pss));
+  return pss;
+}
+
+static void pollset_set_destroy(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
+                                grpc_pollset_set *pss) {
+  gpr_free(pss);
+}
+
+static void pollset_set_add_fd(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_pollset_set *pss,
+                               grpc_fd *fd) {
+  abort();
+}
+
+static void pollset_set_del_fd(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_pollset_set *pss,
+                               grpc_fd *fd) {
+  abort();
+}
+
+static void pollset_set_add_pollset(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
+                                    grpc_pollset_set *pss, grpc_pollset *ps) {
+  abort();
+}
+
+static void pollset_set_del_pollset(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
+                                    grpc_pollset_set *pss, grpc_pollset *ps) {
+  abort();
+}
+
+static void pollset_set_add_pollset_set(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
+                                        grpc_pollset_set *bag,
+                                        grpc_pollset_set *item) {
+  abort();
+}
+
+static void pollset_set_del_pollset_set(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
+                                        grpc_pollset_set *bag,
+                                        grpc_pollset_set *item) {
+  abort();
+}
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Event engine binding
+ */
+
+static void shutdown_engine(void) {
+  fd_global_shutdown();
+  pollset_global_shutdown();
+}
+
+static const grpc_event_engine_vtable vtable = {
+    .pollset_size = sizeof(grpc_pollset),
+
+    .fd_create = fd_create,
+    .fd_wrapped_fd = fd_wrapped_fd,
+    .fd_orphan = fd_orphan,
+    .fd_shutdown = fd_shutdown,
+    .fd_is_shutdown = fd_is_shutdown,
+    .fd_notify_on_read = fd_notify_on_read,
+    .fd_notify_on_write = fd_notify_on_write,
+    .fd_get_read_notifier_pollset = fd_get_read_notifier_pollset,
+    .fd_get_workqueue = fd_get_workqueue,
+
+    .pollset_init = pollset_init,
+    .pollset_shutdown = pollset_shutdown,
+    .pollset_destroy = pollset_destroy,
+    .pollset_work = pollset_work,
+    .pollset_kick = pollset_kick,
+    .pollset_add_fd = pollset_add_fd,
+
+    .pollset_set_create = pollset_set_create,
+    .pollset_set_destroy = pollset_set_destroy,
+    .pollset_set_add_pollset = pollset_set_add_pollset,
+    .pollset_set_del_pollset = pollset_set_del_pollset,
+    .pollset_set_add_pollset_set = pollset_set_add_pollset_set,
+    .pollset_set_del_pollset_set = pollset_set_del_pollset_set,
+    .pollset_set_add_fd = pollset_set_add_fd,
+    .pollset_set_del_fd = pollset_set_del_fd,
+
+    .kick_poller = kick_poller,
+
+    .workqueue_ref = workqueue_ref,
+    .workqueue_unref = workqueue_unref,
+    .workqueue_scheduler = workqueue_scheduler,
+
+    .shutdown_engine = shutdown_engine,
+};
+
+/* It is possible that GLIBC has epoll but the underlying kernel doesn't.
+ * Create a dummy epoll_fd to make sure epoll support is available */
+static bool is_epollex_available() {
+  int fd = epoll_create1(EPOLL_CLOEXEC);
+  if (fd < 0) {
+    gpr_log(
+        GPR_ERROR,
+        "epoll_create1 failed with error: %d. Not using epoll polling engine",
+        fd);
+    return false;
+  }
+  close(fd);
+  return true;
+}
+
+const grpc_event_engine_vtable *grpc_init_epollex_linux(void) {
+  if (!grpc_has_wakeup_fd()) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  if (!is_epollex_available()) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  fd_global_init();
+
+  if (!GRPC_LOG_IF_ERROR("pollset_global_init", pollset_global_init())) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  return &vtable;
+}
+
+#else /* defined(GRPC_LINUX_EPOLL) */
+#if defined(GRPC_POSIX_SOCKET)
+#include "src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_posix.h"
+/* If GRPC_LINUX_EPOLL is not defined, it means epoll is not available. Return
+ * NULL */
+const grpc_event_engine_vtable *grpc_init_epoll_linux(void) { return NULL; }
+#endif /* defined(GRPC_POSIX_SOCKET) */
+
+#endif /* !defined(GRPC_LINUX_EPOLL) */
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epollex_linux.h b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epollex_linux.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4d7cd713df0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epollex_linux.h
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2015, Google Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+ * in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ * distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef GRPC_CORE_LIB_IOMGR_EV_EPOLLEX_LINUX_H
+#define GRPC_CORE_LIB_IOMGR_EV_EPOLLEX_LINUX_H
+
+#include "src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_posix.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/iomgr/port.h"
+
+const grpc_event_engine_vtable *grpc_init_epollex_linux(void);
+
+#endif /* GRPC_CORE_LIB_IOMGR_EV_EPOLLEX_LINUX_H */
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_posix.c b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_posix.c
index b5be5504b9d..2663152aeca 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_posix.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_posix.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include <grpc/support/useful.h>
 
 #include "src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epoll_linux.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epollex_linux.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_poll_posix.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/support/env.h"
 
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ typedef struct {
 } event_engine_factory;
 
 static const event_engine_factory g_factories[] = {
+    {"epollex", grpc_init_epollex_linux},
     {"epoll", grpc_init_epoll_linux},
     {"poll", grpc_init_poll_posix},
     {"poll-cv", grpc_init_poll_cv_posix},