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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2008-02-26 12:44:38 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2008-02-26 12:44:38 +0000 |
| commit | f2e101d0ca6502fa9d2e8e719767c3fee1a70528 (patch) | |
| tree | 3f8e1669ede4fb697f5f871ce19d9ef70c3dfad9 /man7/epoll.7 | |
| parent | 7647b3a10bb4f4cd7027e2340a5bdd9caf4542b4 (diff) | |
minor rewordings.
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| -rw-r--r-- | man7/epoll.7 | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man7/epoll.7 b/man7/epoll.7 index 651fade5..535ba03d 100644 --- a/man7/epoll.7 +++ b/man7/epoll.7 @@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ file descriptor has been added to the .B epoll interface using the .B EPOLLET +(edge-triggered) flag, the call to .BR epoll_wait (2) done in step @@ -112,8 +113,7 @@ might block indefinitely. An application that employs the .B EPOLLET -flag (edge-triggered) -should use non-blocking file descriptors to avoid having a blocking +flag should use non-blocking file descriptors to avoid having a blocking read or write starve a task that is handling multiple file descriptors. The suggested way to use .B epoll @@ -134,7 +134,10 @@ return .BR EAGAIN . .RE .PP -By contrast, when used as a level-triggered interface, +By contrast, when used as a level-triggered interface +(the default, when +.B EPOLLET +is not specified), .B epoll is simply a faster .BR poll (2), |