Hi Davide, > On Wed, 26 Sep 2007, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > > > .TH TIMERFD_CREATE 2 2007-09-26 Linux "Linux Programmer's Manual" > > .SH NAME > > timerfd_create, timerfd_settime, timer_gettime \- > > timers that notify via file descriptors > > .SH SYNOPSIS > > .\" FIXME . This header file may well change > > .\" FIXME . Probably _GNU_SOURCE will be required > > .\" FIXME . May require: Link with \fI\-lrt\f > > .nf > > .B #include <sys/timerfd.h> > > .sp > > .BI "int timerfd_create(int " clockid ); > > .sp > > .BI "int timerfd_settime(int " fd ", int " flags , > > .BI " const struct itimerspec *" new_value , > > .BI " struct itimerspec *" curr_value ); > > .sp > > .BI "int timerfd_gettime(int " fd ", struct itimerspec *" curr_value ); > > .fi > > .SH DESCRIPTION > > These system calls create and operate on a timer > > that delivers timer expiration notifications via a file descriptor. > > They provide an alternative to the use of > > .BR setitimer (2) > > or > > .BR timer_create (3), > > with the advantage that the file descriptor may be monitored by > > .BR poll (2) > > and > > .BR select (2). > > epoll, no?
Yes, I suppose I should add it too -- I was trying to keep the text short was all. [...] And thanks for checking the other parts. > BTW: We need to re-look over the signalfd man page, since Linus, in an > unexpected move, merged the simplification patch :) Yep, I'll have the page to you in a few days. Cheers, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk maintainer of Linux man pages Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 Want to help with man page maintenance? Grab the latest tarball at http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/manpages , read the HOWTOHELP file and grep the source files for 'FIXME'. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/