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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/select.2')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/select.2 | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/select.2 b/lib/libc/sys/select.2 index 823eeaa..bacd76e 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/select.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/select.2 @@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ to the maximum number of descriptors supported by the system. If .Fa timeout is a non-nil pointer, it specifies the maximum interval to wait for the -selection to complete. System activity can lengthen the interval by +selection to complete. +System activity can lengthen the interval by an indeterminate amount. .Pp If @@ -158,7 +159,8 @@ points to an invalid address. A signal was delivered before the time limit expired and before any of the selected events occurred. .It Bq Er EINVAL -The specified time limit is invalid. One of its components is +The specified time limit is invalid. +One of its components is negative or too large. .It Bq Er EINVAL The @@ -195,7 +197,8 @@ If .Fa nfds is greater than the number of open files, .Fn select -is not guaranteed to examine the unused file descriptors. For historical +is not guaranteed to examine the unused file descriptors. +For historical reasons, .Fn select will always examine the first 256 descriptors. |