(split) LDP: Update original to LDP v3.50.

[linuxjm/LDP_man-pages.git] / original / man2 / eventfd.2

diff --git a/original/man2/eventfd.2 b/original/man2/eventfd.2
index 0bda275..287519f 100644 (file)
--- a/original/man2/eventfd.2
+++ b/original/man2/eventfd.2
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 .\" Copyright (C) 2008 Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
 .\" starting from a version by Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
 .\"
+.\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_SW_3_PARA)
 .\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 .\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 .\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
@@ -11,10 +12,10 @@
 .\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 .\" GNU General Public License for more details.
 .\"
-.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-.\" along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-.\" Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
-.\" MA  02111-1307  USA
+.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
+.\" License along with this manual; if not, see
+.\" <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+.\" %%%LICENSE_END
 .\"
 .\" 2008-10-10, mtk: describe eventfd2(), and EFD_NONBLOCK and EFD_CLOEXEC
 .\"
@@ -28,8 +29,8 @@ eventfd \- create a file descriptor for event notification
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .BR eventfd ()
 creates an "eventfd object" that can be used as
-an event wait/notify mechanism by userspace applications,
-and by the kernel to notify userspace applications of events.
+an event wait/notify mechanism by user-space applications,
+and by the kernel to notify user-space applications of events.
 The object contains an unsigned 64-bit integer
 .RI ( uint64_t )
 counter that is maintained by the kernel.
@@ -198,10 +199,9 @@ value (i.e., 0xffffffffffffffff).
 .IP
 The eventfd file descriptor also supports the other file-descriptor
 multiplexing APIs:
-.BR pselect (2),
-.BR ppoll (2),
+.BR pselect (2)
 and
-.BR epoll (7).
+.BR ppoll (2).
 .TP
 .BR close (2)
 When the file descriptor is no longer required it should be closed.
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ File descriptors created by
 are preserved across
 .BR execve (2),
 unless the close-on-exec flag has been set.
-.SH "RETURN VALUE"
+.SH RETURN VALUE
 On success,
 .BR eventfd ()
 returns a new eventfd file descriptor.
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ and only one file descriptor is
 required (versus the two required for a pipe).
 
 When used in the kernel, an eventfd
-file descriptor can provide a kernel-userspace bridge allowing,
+file descriptor can provide a bridge from kernel to user space, allowing,
 for example, functionalities like KAIO (kernel AIO)
 .\" or eventually syslets/threadlets
 to signal to a file descriptor that some operation is complete.
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     }
 }
 .fi
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.SH SEE ALSO
 .BR futex (2),
 .BR pipe (2),
 .BR poll (2),