From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Moyer Subject: [PATCH 3/4] io_getevents.2: timeout will not be updated Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 15:36:57 -0400 Message-ID: <1365104218-26042-4-git-send-email-jmoyer@redhat.com> References: <1365104218-26042-1-git-send-email-jmoyer@redhat.com> Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1365104218-26042-1-git-send-email-jmoyer-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org Cc: chrubis-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org, mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, Jeff Moyer List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org I looked back through the kernel code, and the timeout was never updated in any case. I've submitted a patch upstream to change the comment above io_getevents. Signed-off-by: Jeff Moyer --- man2/io_getevents.2 | 3 +-- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/io_getevents.2 b/man2/io_getevents.2 index 34ecd4a..72317c3 100644 --- a/man2/io_getevents.2 +++ b/man2/io_getevents.2 @@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ specified by \fIctx_id\fP. The \fItimeout\fP argument specifies the amount of time to wait for events, where a NULL timeout waits until at least \fImin_nr\fP events have been seen. -Note that \fItimeout\fP is relative and will be updated if not NULL -and the operation blocks. +Note that \fItimeout\fP is relative. .SH RETURN VALUE On success, .BR io_getevents () -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html