Hello, Alejandro, I was unaware of "struct file" being called "open file description". Sorry for the noise then. Regards, -Yenya Alejandro Colomar wrote: > Hello Jan, > > On Tue, Aug 06, 2024 at 11:19:32AM GMT, Jan "Yenya" Kasprzak wrote: > > The description of SOCK_NONBLOCK is a bit confusing: > > "description" versus "descriptor", "open file" instead of "new file". > > The "open file description" is a very specific thing. See > <https://biriukov.dev/docs/fd-pipe-session-terminal/1-file-descriptor-and-open-file-description/> > > Have a lovely day! > Alex > > > > > Signed-off-by: Jan "Yenya" Kasprzak <kas@xxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > man/man2/accept.2 | 13 +++++++------ > > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/man/man2/accept.2 b/man/man2/accept.2 > > index afc04603c..65a56e37f 100644 > > --- a/man/man2/accept.2 > > +++ b/man/man2/accept.2 > > @@ -124,12 +124,13 @@ The following values can be bitwise ORed in > > to obtain different behavior: > > .TP 16 > > .B SOCK_NONBLOCK > > -Set the > > -.B O_NONBLOCK > > -file status flag on the open file description (see > > -.BR open (2)) > > -referred to by the new file descriptor. > > -Using this flag saves extra calls to > > +Set the non-blocking > > +.B ( O_NONBLOCK ) > > +file status flag on the new file descriptor. > > +See the description of this flag in > > +.BR open (2) > > +for details. > > +Using this flag saves an extra call to > > .BR fcntl (2) > > to achieve the same result. > > .TP > > -- > > 2.45.2 > > > > -- > > | Jan "Yenya" Kasprzak <kas at {fi.muni.cz - work | yenya.net - private}> | > > | https://www.fi.muni.cz/~kas/ GPG: 4096R/A45477D5 | > > We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on > > when it's necessary to compromise. --Larry Wall > > -- > <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/> -- | Jan "Yenya" Kasprzak <kas at {fi.muni.cz - work | yenya.net - private}> | | https://www.fi.muni.cz/~kas/ GPG: 4096R/A45477D5 | We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise. --Larry Wall
