epoll_create.2: Document EMFILE error

This error is encountered when the limit imposed by
/proc/sys/fs/epoll/max_user_instances is encountered.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2009-01-16 23:03:08 +13:00
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@ -98,6 +98,14 @@ is not positive.
Invalid value specified in
.IR flags .
.TP
.B EMFILE
The per-user limit on the number of epoll instances imposed by
.I /proc/sys/fs/epoll/max_user_instances
was encountered.
See
.BR epoll (7)
for further details.
.TP
.B ENFILE
The system limit on the total number of open files has been reached.
.TP