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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2016-08-14 07:54:32 +1200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2016-11-06 13:14:07 -0700 |
| commit | 8ef529f9357cca815ae7f233fa48295030ae4404 (patch) | |
| tree | 3574cef4b7e7001ba2d4b05a16129884e2c6bbe5 | |
| parent | 4288fe32253b731f93565af826f23a7e32636497 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-8ef529f9357cca815ae7f233fa48295030ae4404.tar.gz | |
open.2: Document ENOMEM that occurs when opening FIFO because of pipe hard limit
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/man2/open.2 b/man2/open.2 index 3b9d46b10d..6ca65999c2 100644 --- a/man2/open.2 +++ b/man2/open.2 @@ -982,6 +982,13 @@ but this kernel version does not provide the functionality. .TP .B ENOMEM +The named file is a FIFO, +but memory for the FIFO buffer can't be allocated because +the per-user hard limit on memory allocation for pipes has been reached +and the caller is not privileged; see +.BR pipe (7). +.TP +.B ENOMEM Insufficient kernel memory was available. .TP .B ENOSPC |