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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2020-02-19 09:21:45 +0100 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2020-02-23 09:58:22 +0100 |
| commit | ee5d5d33c5aefb063897b1ff2b9be587dadc6ced (patch) | |
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| parent | 0a26e2d35206618573c1c7845ca1b22bb2641d0f (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-ee5d5d33c5aefb063897b1ff2b9be587dadc6ced.tar.gz | |
epoll.7: ffix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man7/epoll.7 b/man7/epoll.7 index 098e071050..8530cc1584 100644 --- a/man7/epoll.7 +++ b/man7/epoll.7 @@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ API is the .IR instance , an in-kernel data structure which, from a user-space perspective, can be considered as a container for two lists: -.IP * 4 +.IP \(bu 2 The .I interest list (sometimes also called the .B epoll set): the set of file descriptors that the process has registered an interest in monitoring. -.IP * +.IP \(bu The .I ready list: the set of file descriptors that are "ready" for I/O. @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ The following system calls are provided to create and manage an .B epoll instance: -.IP * 3 +.IP \(bu 2 .BR epoll_create (2) creates a new .B epoll @@ -71,13 +71,13 @@ instance and returns a file descriptor referring to that instance. .BR epoll_create1 (2) extends the functionality of .BR epoll_create (2).) -.IP * +.IP \(bu Interest in particular file descriptors is then registered via .BR epoll_ctl (2), which adds items to the interest list of the .B epoll instance. -.IP * +.IP \(bu .BR epoll_wait (2) waits for I/O events, blocking the calling thread if no events are currently available. |