(split) LDP: Update original to LDP v3.63

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

diff --git a/original/man2/epoll_wait.2 b/original/man2/epoll_wait.2
index 986997f..bebc40b 100644 (file)
--- a/original/man2/epoll_wait.2
+++ b/original/man2/epoll_wait.2
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" 2007-04-30: mtk, Added description of epoll_pwait()
 .\"
-.TH EPOLL_WAIT 2 2012-08-17 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH EPOLL_WAIT 2 2014-01-31 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 epoll_wait, epoll_pwait \- wait for an I/O event on an epoll file descriptor
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -52,12 +52,22 @@ argument must be greater than zero.
 
 The
 .I timeout
-argument specifies the minimum number of milliseconds that
+argument specifies the number of milliseconds that
 .BR epoll_wait ()
 will block.
-(This interval will be rounded up to the system clock granularity,
+The call will block until either:
+.IP * 3
+a file descriptor delivers an event;
+.IP *
+the call is interrupted by a signal handler; or
+.IP *
+the timout expires.
+.PP
+Note that the
+.I timeout
+interval will be rounded up to the system clock granularity,
 and kernel scheduling delays mean that the blocking interval
-may overrun by a small amount.)
+may overrun by a small amount.
 Specifying a
 .I timeout
 of \-1 causes
@@ -161,8 +171,8 @@ The memory area pointed to by
 is not accessible with write permissions.
 .TP
 .B EINTR
-The call was interrupted by a signal handler before either any of the
-requested events occurred or the
+The call was interrupted by a signal handler before either (1) any of the
+requested events occurred or (2) the
 .I timeout
 expired; see
 .BR signal (7).