diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/Epoll.java b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/Epoll.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 The Netty Project
+ *
+ * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+ * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package io.netty.channel.epoll;
+
+/**
+ * Tells if {@code netty-transport-native-epoll} is supported.
+ */
+public final class Epoll {
+
+ private static final boolean IS_AVAILABLE;
+
+ static {
+ boolean available;
+ int epollFd = -1;
+ int eventFd = -1;
+ try {
+ epollFd = Native.epollCreate();
+ eventFd = Native.eventFd();
+ available = true;
+ } catch (Throwable cause) {
+ // ignore
+ available = false;
+ } finally {
+ if (epollFd != -1) {
+ try {
+ Native.close(epollFd);
+ } catch (Exception ignore) {
+ // ignore
+ }
+ }
+ if (eventFd != -1) {
+ try {
+ Native.close(eventFd);
+ } catch (Exception ignore) {
+ // ignore
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ IS_AVAILABLE = available;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns {@code true} if and only if the
+ * {@code netty-transport-native-epoll} can be used.
+ */
+ public static boolean isAvailable() {
+ return IS_AVAILABLE;
+ }
+
+ private Epoll() { }
+}
diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollTest.java b/transport-native-epoll/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollTest.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 The Netty Project
+ *
+ * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+ * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package io.netty.channel.epoll;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class EpollTest {
+
+ @Test
+ public void testIsAvailable() {
+ Assert.assertTrue(Epoll.isAvailable());
+ }
+}