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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2018-06-22 12:21:56 +0200
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2018-06-22 12:21:56 +0200
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epoll.7: Consistently use the term "interest list" rather than "epoll set"
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/man7/epoll.7 b/man7/epoll.7
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@@ -372,8 +372,7 @@ with
.SS Questions and answers
.IP 0. 4
What is the key used to distinguish the file descriptors registered in an
-.B epoll
-set?
+interest list?
.IP
The key is the combination of the file descriptor number and
the open file description
@@ -453,13 +452,11 @@ Can I send an
file descriptor over a UNIX domain socket to another process?
.IP
Yes, but it does not make sense to do this, since the receiving process
-would not have copies of the file descriptors in the
-.B epoll
-set.
+would not have copies of the file descriptors in the interest list.
.IP 6.
Will closing a file descriptor cause it to be removed from all
.B epoll
-sets automatically?
+interest lists?
.IP
Yes, but be aware of the following point.
A file descriptor is a reference to an open file description (see