Implement true asynchronous signaling between processes and ports

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+%%
+%% %CopyrightBegin%
+%%
+%% Copyright Ericsson AB 2012. All Rights Reserved.
+%%
+%% The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
+%% Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+%% compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the
+%% Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be
+%% retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/.
+%%
+%% Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
+%% basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
+%% the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
+%% under the License.
+%%
+%% %CopyrightEnd%
+%%
+
+%%
+%% As the module name imply, this module is here for ERTS internal
+%% functionality. As an application programmer you should *never*
+%% call anything in this module directly. Functions exported by
+%% this module may change behaviour or be removed at any time
+%% without any notice whatsoever. Everything in this module is
+%% intentionally left undocumented, and should remain so.
+%%
+
+-module(erts_internal).
+
+-export([await_port_send_result/3]).
+
+%%
+%% Await result of send to port
+%%
+
+await_port_send_result(Ref, Busy, Ok) ->
+    receive
+	{Ref, false} -> Busy;
+	{Ref, _} -> Ok
+    end.