epoll_wait.2: Minor restructuring of text

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2009-01-16 07:43:02 +13:00
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@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ system call waits for events on the
.B epoll .B epoll
instance referred to by the file descriptor instance referred to by the file descriptor
.IR epfd . .IR epfd .
The call waits for a maximum time of
.I timeout
milliseconds.
The memory area pointed to by The memory area pointed to by
.I events .I events
will contain the events that will be available for the caller. will contain the events that will be available for the caller.
@ -53,6 +50,10 @@ are returned by
The The
.I maxevents .I maxevents
argument must be greater than zero. argument must be greater than zero.
The call waits for a maximum time of
.I timeout
milliseconds.
Specifying a Specifying a
.I timeout .I timeout
of \-1 makes of \-1 makes
@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ equal to zero makes
.BR epoll_wait () .BR epoll_wait ()
to return immediately even if no events are available to return immediately even if no events are available
(return code equal to zero). (return code equal to zero).
The The
.I struct epoll_event .I struct epoll_event
is defined as : is defined as :