Hi Neil, On 07/09/2014 05:37 AM, NeilBrown wrote: > > I guess it should be obvious, but it never hurts to be explicit. > When the epoll file descriptor is closed all events are assumed > to be "processed". > Also if the event is removed with EPOLL_CTL_DEL or the EPOLLWAKEUP > flag is removed with EPOLL_CTL_MOD the event will be "processed". Thanks. Probably better to be explicit, as you say. Applied. Cheers, Michael > Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> > > diff --git a/man2/epoll_ctl.2 b/man2/epoll_ctl.2 > index 2936bc7e97f7..74a09b6c276b 100644 > --- a/man2/epoll_ctl.2 > +++ b/man2/epoll_ctl.2 > @@ -173,7 +173,14 @@ until the next call to > .BR epoll_wait (2) > on the same > .BR epoll (7) > -file descriptor. > +file descriptor, > +the closure of that file descriptor, > +the removal of the event file descriptor with > +.BR EPOLL_CTL_DEL , > +or the clearing of > +.B EPOLLWAKEUP > +for the event file descriptor with > +.BR EPOLL_CTL_MOD . > See also BUGS. > .SH RETURN VALUE > When successful, > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- 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
