From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andi Kleen Subject: [PATCH] socket.7: Correctly describe SO_SNDTIMEO for connect Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 07:55:23 -0800 Message-ID: <1352390123-28658-1-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Andi Kleen To: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org Return-path: Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Andi Kleen When SO_SNDTIMEO is set before connect() connect may return EWOULDBLOCK when the timeout fires. Describe this correctly. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen --- man7/socket.7 | 4 ++++ 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/man7/socket.7 b/man7/socket.7 index cd75746..9e05f48 100644 --- a/man7/socket.7 +++ b/man7/socket.7 @@ -434,6 +434,9 @@ set to .B EAGAIN or .B EWOULDBLOCK +or +.B EINPROGRESS +(for connect) .\" in fact to EAGAIN just as if the socket was specified to be nonblocking. If the timeout is set to zero (the default) @@ -442,6 +445,7 @@ Timeouts only have effect for system calls that perform socket I/O (e.g., .BR read (2), .BR recvmsg (2), .BR send (2), +.BR connect (2), .BR sendmsg (2)); timeouts have no effect for .BR select (2), -- 1.7.7.6 -- 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