From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Network Nut <sillystack-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org,
linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: FW: WaitForMultipleObjects/etc. In Kernel
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 11:40:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <52E8DA80.7080204@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <00f001cf1ba5$b22f45b0$168dd110$@gmail.com>
On 01/27/2014 10:21 PM, Network Nut wrote:
> See below.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clemens Ladisch [mailto:clemens-P6GI/4k7KOmELgA04lAiVw@public.gmane.org]
> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 3:07 AM
> To: Network Nut
> Cc: linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
> Subject: Re: WaitForMultipleObjects/etc. In Kernel
>
>> BTW, the man page for epoll_wait seems to be incorrect.
>
> <https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html>
>
>> "The timeout argument specifies the minimum number of milliseconds
>> that epoll_wait() will block."
>>
>> I think the word "minimum" should be "maximum".
I've removed the word "minimum" from the sentence. Note that
"maximum" would not be correct. See the surrounding text for an
explanation of why.
Thanks for the report.
Cheers,
Michael
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2014-01-27 21:21 ` FW: WaitForMultipleObjects/etc. In Kernel Network Nut
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2014-01-30 20:04 ` Network Nut
2014-01-31 6:56 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
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