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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2012-08-17 08:41:35 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2012-08-17 08:41:35 +0200 |
| commit | 67378c484271124c011bd5fd3b1f2e11309c940a (patch) | |
| tree | e7d583e8a2fa691b0cdf6967fec91f733f7ce430 /man2 | |
| parent | f33050d6041f05669735d4a51fd47f574382865a (diff) | |
epoll_wait.2: Add pointer to select(2) for discussion of close in another thread
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'man2')
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/epoll_wait.2 | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man2/epoll_wait.2 b/man2/epoll_wait.2 index d43c098f..c91870a4 100644 --- a/man2/epoll_wait.2 +++ b/man2/epoll_wait.2 @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ .\" .\" 2007-04-30: mtk, Added description of epoll_pwait() .\" -.TH EPOLL_WAIT 2 2012-08-16 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH EPOLL_WAIT 2 2012-08-17 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME epoll_wait, epoll_pwait \- wait for an I/O event on an epoll file descriptor .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -198,6 +198,13 @@ If the new file descriptor becomes ready, it will cause the .BR epoll_wait () call to unblock. + +For a discussion of what may happen if a file descriptor in an +.B epoll +instance being monitored by +.BR epoll_wait () +is closed in another thread, see +.BR select (2). .SH BUGS In kernels before 2.6.37, a .I timeout |