From f2e101d0ca6502fa9d2e8e719767c3fee1a70528 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:44:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] minor rewordings. --- man7/epoll.7 | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man7/epoll.7 b/man7/epoll.7 index 651fade5c..535ba03d2 100644 --- a/man7/epoll.7 +++ b/man7/epoll.7 @@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ file descriptor has been added to the .B epoll interface using the .B EPOLLET +(edge-triggered) flag, the call to .BR epoll_wait (2) done in step @@ -112,8 +113,7 @@ might block indefinitely. An application that employs the .B EPOLLET -flag (edge-triggered) -should use non-blocking file descriptors to avoid having a blocking +flag should use non-blocking file descriptors to avoid having a blocking read or write starve a task that is handling multiple file descriptors. The suggested way to use .B epoll @@ -134,7 +134,10 @@ return .BR EAGAIN . .RE .PP -By contrast, when used as a level-triggered interface, +By contrast, when used as a level-triggered interface +(the default, when +.B EPOLLET +is not specified), .B epoll is simply a faster .BR poll (2),