From 82344d475ba84aaf19cef051680f0297eb764b08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CJ van den Berg <cj@vdbonline.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2026 09:49:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: enable linux background read thread by default

---
 build.zig | 12 +++++-------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 4c4d36a..9e7b401 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -12,13 +12,11 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
         ) orelse false;
     } else false;
 
-    const linux_read_thread = if (target.result.os.tag == .linux) blk: {
-        break :blk b.option(
-            bool,
-            "linux_read_thread",
-            "Use a background thread on Linux (like macOS/Windows) instead of requiring the caller to drive the event loop via poll_fd/handle_read_ready",
-        ) orelse false;
-    } else false;
+    const linux_read_thread = b.option(
+        bool,
+        "linux_read_thread",
+        "Use a background thread on Linux (like macOS/Windows) instead of requiring the caller to drive the event loop via poll_fd/handle_read_ready",
+    ) orelse true;
 
     const options = b.addOptions();
     options.addOption(bool, "use_fsevents", use_fsevents);