From a607673bb86e8157da535e4e4fff98fe10199154 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 12:21:56 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] epoll.7: Consistently use the term "interest list" rather than "epoll set" Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man7/epoll.7 | 9 +++------ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/man7/epoll.7 b/man7/epoll.7 index 9f4be36aa..871b36883 100644 --- a/man7/epoll.7 +++ b/man7/epoll.7 @@ -372,8 +372,7 @@ with .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