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| author | Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com> | 2022-06-20 00:57:58 +0200 |
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| committer | Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com> | 2022-06-20 00:57:58 +0200 |
| commit | 7af7e2ae1565c80da409db84099cf266a79a94be (patch) | |
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epoll_event.3type: Add new page documenting 'struct epoll_event'
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/man3/epoll_event.3type b/man3/epoll_event.3type new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8d664c316f --- /dev/null +++ b/man3/epoll_event.3type @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2022 by Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com> +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft +.\" +.\" +.TH EPOLL_EVENT 3type 2022-06-19 Linux "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.SH NAME +epoll_event +\- epoll event +.SH LIBRARY +Standard C library +.RI ( libc ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <sys/epoll.h> +.PP +.B struct epoll_event { +.BR " uint32_t events;" " /* Epoll events */" +.BR " epoll_data_t data;" " /* User data variable */" +.B }; +.PP +.B union epoll_data { +.B " void *ptr;" +.B " int fd;" +.B " uint32_t u32;" +.B " uint64_t u64;" +.B }; +.PP +.B "typedef union epoll_data epoll_data_t;" +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.I epoll_event +structure specifies data that the kernel should save and +return when the corresponding file descriptor becomes ready. +.SH CONFORMING TO +This type is Linux-specific. +.SH NOTES +.SS C library/kernel differences +The Linux kernel headers also provide this type, +with a slightly different definition: +.PP +.in +4n +.EX +#include <linux/eventpoll.h> + +struct epoll_event { + __poll_t events; + __u64 data; +}; +.EE +.in +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR epoll_wait (2), +.BR epoll_ctl (7) |