--- man2/prctl.2 | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/prctl.2 b/man2/prctl.2 index 5c829e7..e3b701e 100644 --- a/man2/prctl.2 +++ b/man2/prctl.2 @@ -44,9 +44,7 @@ .\" 2012-08-03 Shawn Landden, Document PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS, PR_GET_NO_NEW_PRIVS, .\" SECCOMP_MODE_STRICT, SECCOMP_MODE_FILTER .\" (thx Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 259e5e6c) -.\" -.\" FIXME: Document PR_SET_TIMERSLACK and PR_GET_TIMERSLACK (new in 2.6.28) -.\" commit 6976675d94042fbd446231d1bd8b7de71a980ada +.\" PR_SET_TIMERSLACK, PR_GET_TIMESLACK .\" .TH PRCTL 2 2012-08-03 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME @@ -419,6 +417,25 @@ for information on versions and architectures) Return unaligned access control bits, in the location pointed to by .IR "(int\ *) arg2" . .TP +.BR PR_SET_TIMERSLACK " (since Linux 2.6.27)" +.\" see commit 6976675d94042fbd446231d1bd8b7de71a980ada +Controls the "rounding" that is used by +.BR select (2) +and +.BR poll (2) +and friends. +If +.I arg2 +is a positive integer, set timer slack to +.IR arg2 . +(in nanoseconds) Otherwise reset to timer stack to its value when the process +was created. (default 50 usec) This setting inherits on +.BR fork (2) . +Setting this higher may reduce power consumption. +.TP +.BR PR_GET_TIMESLACK " (since Linux 2.6.27)" +Returns the current timer slack. +.TP .BR PR_MCE_KILL " (since Linux 2.6.32)" Set the machine check memory corruption kill policy for the current thread. If -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
