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EPOLL_WAIT(2)              Linux Programmer's Manual             EPOLL_WAIT(2)



 

NAME


       epoll_wait,  epoll_pwait  -  wait  for  an  I/O  event on an epoll file
       descriptor

 

SYNOPSIS


       #include 

       int epoll_wait(int epfd, struct epoll_event *events,
                      int maxevents, int timeout);
       int epoll_pwait(int epfd, struct epoll_event *events,
                      int maxevents, int timeout,
                      const sigset_t *sigmask);

 

DESCRIPTION






       The epoll_wait() system  call  waits  for  events  on  the  epoll  file
       descriptor epfd for a maximum time of timeout milliseconds.  The memory
       area pointed to by events will contain the events that will  be  avail-
       able  for  the  caller.   Up to maxevents are returned by epoll_wait().
       The maxevents argument must be greater than zero.  Specifying a timeout
       of  -1 makes epoll_wait() wait indefinitely, while specifying a timeout
       equal to zero makes epoll_wait()  to  return  immediately  even  if  no
       events   are  available  (return  code  equal  to  zero).   The  struct
       epoll_event is defined as :

           typedef union epoll_data {
               void    *ptr;
               int      fd;
               uint32_t u32;
               uint64_t u64;
           } epoll_data_t;

           struct epoll_event {
               uint32_t     events;    /* Epoll events */
               epoll_data_t data;      /* User data variable */
           };

       The data of each returned structure will contain the same data the user
       set with an epoll_ctl(2) (EPOLL_CTL_ADD,EPOLL_CTL_MOD) while the events
       member will contain the returned event bit field.

   epoll_pwait()
       The relationship between epoll_wait() and epoll_pwait() is analogous to
       the  relationship  between  select(2)  and pselect(2): like pselect(2),
       epoll_pwait() allows an application to safely wait until either a  file
       descriptor becomes ready or until a signal is caught.

       The following epoll_pwait() call:

           ready = epoll_pwait(epfd, &events, maxevents, timeout, &sigmask);

       is equivalent to atomically executing the following calls:

           sigset_t origmask;

           sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &sigmask, &origmask);
           ready = epoll_wait(epfd, &events, maxevents, timeout);
           sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &origmask, NULL);

       The   sigmask  argument  may  be  specified  as  NULL,  in  which  case
       epoll_pwait() is equivalent to epoll_wait().

 

RETURN VALUE


       When successful, epoll_wait() returns the number  of  file  descriptors
       ready for the requested I/O, or zero if no file descriptor became ready
       during the requested  timeout  milliseconds.   When  an  error  occurs,
       epoll_wait() returns -1 and errno is set appropriately.

 

ERRORS


       EBADF  epfd is not a valid file descriptor.

       EFAULT The  memory  area  pointed  to  by events is not accessible with
              write permissions.

       EINTR  The call was interrupted by a signal handler before any  of  the
              requested events occurred or the timeout expired; see signal(7).

       EINVAL epfd is not an epoll file descriptor, or maxevents is less  than
              or equal to zero.

 

VERSIONS


       epoll_pwait() was added to Linux in kernel 2.6.19.

       Glibc  support for epoll_pwait() is provided starting with version 2.6.

 

CONFORMING TO


       epoll_wait() is Linux-specific, and was introduced in kernel 2.5.44.

 

SEE ALSO


       epoll_create(2), epoll_ctl(2), epoll(7)

 

COLOPHON


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Linux                             2008-04-23                     EPOLL_WAIT(2)