Add NOTES section pointing out that 'size' argument is unused

since kernel 2.6.8.
This commit is contained in:
Michael Kerrisk 2008-05-17 21:03:05 +00:00
parent 42ab9eb994
commit 9967820f26
1 changed files with 4 additions and 1 deletions

View File

@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ The
.I size
is not the maximum size of the backing store but
just a hint to the kernel about how to dimension internal structures.
.\" FIXME Since 2.6.8, the size argument is unused.
The returned file descriptor will be used for all the subsequent calls to the
.B epoll
interface.
@ -71,6 +70,10 @@ There was insufficient memory to create the kernel object.
.BR epoll_create ()
is Linux-specific, and was introduced in kernel 2.5.44.
.\" The interface should be finalized by Linux kernel 2.5.66.
.SH NOTES
Since Linux 2.6.8, the
.I size
argument is unused.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR close (2),
.BR epoll_ctl (2),