poll.2: Add pointer to select(2) for discussion of close in another thread

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2012-08-17 08:34:42 +02:00
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.\" 2006-07-01, mtk, Added POLLRDHUP + various other wording and
.\" formatting changes.
.\"
.TH POLL 2 2012-05-05 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.TH POLL 2 2012-08-17 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
poll, ppoll \- wait for some event on a file descriptor
.SH SYNOPSIS
@ -340,6 +340,11 @@ with the value \-1 for use as a
for
.BR poll ().
This constant is not provided in glibc.
For a discussion of what may happen if a file descriptor being monitored by
.BR poll ()
is closed in another thread, see
.BR select (2).
.SS "Linux Notes"
The Linux
.BR ppoll ()