>From the context, it is apparent that in the code explaining ppoll in terms of poll, timeout_ts must be a pointer. Usage #1: ready = ppoll(&fds, nfds, timeout_ts, &sigmask); Usage #2: (timeout_ts == NULL) Thus member access in (timeout_ts.tv_sec * 1000 + timeout_ts.tv_nsec / 1000000) is an error. Ben man2/poll.2 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man2/poll.2 b/man2/poll.2 index bcbecad..34b55a6 100644 --- a/man2/poll.2 +++ b/man2/poll.2 @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ executing the following calls: int timeout; timeout = (timeout_ts == NULL) ? \-1 : - (timeout_ts.tv_sec * 1000 + timeout_ts.tv_nsec / 1000000); + (timeout_ts\->tv_sec * 1000 + timeout_ts\->tv_nsec / 1000000); pthread_sigmask(SIG_SETMASK, &sigmask, &origmask); ready = poll(&fds, nfds, timeout); pthread_sigmask(SIG_SETMASK, &origmask, NULL); -- 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