Signed-off-by: Anmol Sarma <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- man7/socket.7 | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/man7/socket.7 b/man7/socket.7 index b1aebfae2..65532bc49 100644 --- a/man7/socket.7 +++ b/man7/socket.7 @@ -777,17 +777,20 @@ fails with the error .B SO_RCVLOWAT is changeable only since Linux 2.4. -The +In versions of Linux prior to 2.6.28, the .BR select (2) and .BR poll (2) -system calls currently do not respect the +system calls did not respect the .B SO_RCVLOWAT -setting on Linux, -and mark a socket readable when even a single byte of data is available. -A subsequent read from the socket will block until +setting. Since Linux 2.6.28, +.BR select (2) +and +.BR poll (2) +will not mark a socket readable until .B SO_RCVLOWAT bytes are available. +.\" Commit c7004482e8dcb7c3c72666395cfa98a216a4fb70 .\" See http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=111049368106984&w=2 .\" Tested on kernel 2.6.14 -- mtk, 30 Nov 05 .TP -- 2.17.1 -- 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
