https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61911 Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED CC| |mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx Resolution|--- |CODE_FIX --- Comment #1 from Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> --- Thanks, Paolo. I'm not sure what I was thinking of when I wrote that text. I applied the patch below. diff --git a/man2/poll.2 b/man2/poll.2 index b0159d2..0a70065 100644 --- a/man2/poll.2 +++ b/man2/poll.2 @@ -89,12 +89,15 @@ The field is an input parameter, a bit mask specifying the events the application is interested in for the file descriptor .IR fd . -If this field is specified as zero, -then all events are ignored for -.IR fd -and +This field may be specified as zero, +in which case the only events that can be returned in .I revents -returns zero. +are +.BR POLLHUP , +.BR POLLERR , +and +.B POLLNVAL +(see below). The field .I revents -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching the assignee of the bug. -- 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