From 1c7a3214e96a7bd0d3379653fed583ad3c4b3bcf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:03:08 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] 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>
---
 man2/epoll_create.2 | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man2/epoll_create.2 b/man2/epoll_create.2
index 78ae66c2f..833866fab 100644
--- a/man2/epoll_create.2
+++ b/man2/epoll_create.2
@@ -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