>> One could I suppose reword something like this: >> >> The timeout argument specifies the interval that select() should >> block waiting for a file descriptor to become ready. In effect, >> timeout specifies a minimum interval: the timeout will be rounded >> up to the system clock granularity, and kernel scheduling delays >> mean that the blocking interval may overrun by a small amount. >> >> But I'm not sure that that is really much of an improvement. > > I see it as a huge improvement because it does not reverse the meaning > of timeout. Okay -- I've the simpler patch below. Cheers, Michael --- a/man2/select.2 +++ b/man2/select.2 @@ -159,12 +159,12 @@ is the highest-numbered file descriptor in any of the three sets, plus 1. .PP The .I timeout -argument specifies the minimum interval that +argument specifies the interval that .BR select () should block waiting for a file descriptor to become ready. -(This interval will be rounded up to the system clock granularity, +This interval will be rounded up to the system clock granularity, and kernel scheduling delays mean that the blocking interval -may overrun by a small amount.) +may overrun by a small amount. If both fields of the .I timeval structure are zero, then -- 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
