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select.2: wfix 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2020-02-18 12:49:20 +01:00
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@ -680,12 +680,12 @@ Modern versions of glibc use the (race-free)
.BR pselect ()
system call on kernels where it is provided.
.PP
Under Linux,
On Linux,
.BR select ()
may report a socket file descriptor as "ready for reading", while
nevertheless a subsequent read blocks.
This could for example
happen when data has arrived but upon examination has wrong
happen when data has arrived but upon examination has the wrong
checksum and is discarded.
There may be other circumstances
in which a file descriptor is spuriously reported as ready.