From 099b33fbff51d8796e5dfcd6766b34eb19f147a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alejandro Colomar Date: Sun, 9 May 2021 23:39:22 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] epoll_wait.2: Move subsection to NOTES from BUGS 'C library/kernel differences' was added to BUGS incorrectly. Fix it Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man2/epoll_wait.2 | 24 ++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/epoll_wait.2 b/man2/epoll_wait.2 index f9b5749df..69c79d6ec 100644 --- a/man2/epoll_wait.2 +++ b/man2/epoll_wait.2 @@ -285,18 +285,6 @@ instance whose interest list is currently empty or removed from the interest in another thread). The call will block until some file descriptor is later added to the interest list (in another thread) and that file descriptor becomes ready. -.SH BUGS -In kernels before 2.6.37, a -.I timeout -value larger than approximately -.I LONG_MAX / HZ -milliseconds is treated as \-1 (i.e., infinity). -Thus, for example, on a system where -.I sizeof(long) -is 4 and the kernel -.I HZ -value is 1000, -this means that timeouts greater than 35.79 minutes are treated as infinity. .SS C library/kernel differences The raw .BR epoll_pwait () @@ -312,6 +300,18 @@ The glibc wrapper function specifies this argument as a fixed value (equal to .IR sizeof(sigset_t) ). +.SH BUGS +In kernels before 2.6.37, a +.I timeout +value larger than approximately +.I LONG_MAX / HZ +milliseconds is treated as \-1 (i.e., infinity). +Thus, for example, on a system where +.I sizeof(long) +is 4 and the kernel +.I HZ +value is 1000, +this means that timeouts greater than 35.79 minutes are treated as infinity. .SH SEE ALSO .BR epoll_create (2), .BR epoll_ctl (2),