gh-138850: Add --disable-epoll to configure

Author: mtelka

configure

@@ -5380,8 +5380,20 @@ PY_CHECK_FUNC([symlink], [@%:@include <unistd.h>])
 PY_CHECK_FUNC([fchdir], [@%:@include <unistd.h>])
 PY_CHECK_FUNC([fsync], [@%:@include <unistd.h>])
 PY_CHECK_FUNC([fdatasync], [@%:@include <unistd.h>])
-PY_CHECK_FUNC([epoll_create], [@%:@include <sys/epoll.h>], [HAVE_EPOLL])
-PY_CHECK_FUNC([epoll_create1], [@%:@include <sys/epoll.h>])
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for --disable-epoll])
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([epoll],
+  [AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-epoll], [disable epoll (default is yes if supported)])],
+  [AS_VAR_IF([enable_epoll], [no], [disable_epoll=yes], [disable_epoll=no])],
+  [disable_epoll=no]
+)
+AC_MSG_RESULT([$disable_epoll])
+if test "$disable_epoll" = "no"
+then
+  PY_CHECK_FUNC([epoll_create], [@%:@include <sys/epoll.h>], [HAVE_EPOLL])
+  PY_CHECK_FUNC([epoll_create1], [@%:@include <sys/epoll.h>])
+fi
+
 PY_CHECK_FUNC([kqueue],[
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/event.h>