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epoll.7: Consistently use the term "interest list" rather than "epoll set" 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2018-06-22 12:21:56 +02:00
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.SS Questions and answers
.IP 0. 4
What is the key used to distinguish the file descriptors registered in an
.B epoll
set?
interest list?
.IP
The key is the combination of the file descriptor number and
the open file description
@ -453,13 +452,11 @@ Can I send an
file descriptor over a UNIX domain socket to another process?
.IP
Yes, but it does not make sense to do this, since the receiving process
would not have copies of the file descriptors in the
.B epoll
set.
would not have copies of the file descriptors in the interest list.
.IP 6.
Will closing a file descriptor cause it to be removed from all
.B epoll
sets automatically?
interest lists?
.IP
Yes, but be aware of the following point.
A file descriptor is a reference to an open file description (see