On 10/9/20 10:42 AM, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > > Hi Michael, > > I found that POSIX defines the limit in a macro, so I used that. > > Thanks, > > Alex Thanks, Alex. Patch applied. Cheers, Michael > man7/system_data_types.7 | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/man7/system_data_types.7 b/man7/system_data_types.7 > index b0e0d2b48..a4a2e0ab8 100644 > --- a/man7/system_data_types.7 > +++ b/man7/system_data_types.7 > @@ -151,6 +151,28 @@ See also the > .I float_t > type in this page. > .RE > +.\"------------------------------------- fd_set -----------------------/ > +.TP > +.I fd_set > +.RS > +Include: > +.IR <sys/select.h> . > +Alternatively, > +.IR <sys/time.h> . > +.PP > +A structure type that can represent a set of file descriptors. > +According to POSIX, > +the maximum number of file descriptors in an > +.I fd_set > +structure is the value of the macro > +.BR FD_SETSIZE . > +.PP > +Conforming to: > +POSIX.1-2001 and later. > +.PP > +See also: > +.BR select (2) > +.RE > .\"------------------------------------- fenv_t -----------------------/ > .TP > .I fenv_t > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
