[PATCH] Fix ppoll example

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The ppoll replacement example gets the timeout argument
wrong. Fix that.

-Andi

--- man-pages-3.23/man2/poll.2	2009-09-30 03:36:44.000000000 +0200
+++ man-pages-3.23-hacked/man2/poll.2	2009-12-27 01:36:31.000000000 +0100
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 .\" 2006-03-13, mtk, Added ppoll() + various other rewordings
 .\" 2006-07-01, mtk, Added POLLRDHUP + various other wording and
 .\"	formatting changes.
+.\" 2009-12, ak, Fix ppoll example.
 .\"
 .TH POLL 2 2009-09-15 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
@@ -202,9 +203,10 @@
 .nf
 
     sigset_t origmask;
+    struct timespec ts = { .tv_sec = timeout };
 
     sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &sigmask, &origmask);
-    ready = poll(&fds, nfds, timeout);
+    ready = poll(&fds, nfds, timeout >= 0 ? &ts : NULL);
     sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &origmask, NULL);
 .fi
 .PP
-- 
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