[PATCH] io_getevents.2: Add EINVAL for case of timeout parameter out of range

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io_[p]getevents syscall should return -EINVAL if timeout is out of
range, update description of this error return value.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1564451504-27906-1-git-send-email-yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: zhangyi (F) <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 man2/io_getevents.2 | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man2/io_getevents.2 b/man2/io_getevents.2
index 0eb4b385e..5560bb8ee 100644
--- a/man2/io_getevents.2
+++ b/man2/io_getevents.2
@@ -73,8 +73,9 @@ Interrupted by a signal handler; see
 .TP
 .B EINVAL
 \fIctx_id\fP is invalid.
-\fImin_nr\fP is out of range or \fInr\fP is
-out of range.
+\fImin_nr\fP is out of range or \fInr\fP is out of range, or
+\fItimeout\fP is out of range (\fItv_sec\fP was less than zero, or
+\fItv_nsec\fP was not less than 1,000,000,000).
 .TP
 .B ENOSYS
 .BR io_getevents ()
-- 
2.20.1




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