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| -rw-r--r-- | man2/epoll_create.2 | 19 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/man2/epoll_create.2 b/man2/epoll_create.2 index 4d3566a79..2a21bbf8b 100644 --- a/man2/epoll_create.2 +++ b/man2/epoll_create.2 @@ -83,14 +83,6 @@ Invalid value specified in .IR flags . .TP .B EMFILE -The per-user limit on the number of epoll instances imposed by -.I /proc/sys/fs/epoll/max_user_instances -was encountered. -See -.BR epoll (7) -for further details. -.TP -.B EMFILE The per-process limit on the number of open file descriptors has been reached. .TP .B ENFILE @@ -134,6 +126,17 @@ must still be greater than zero, in order to ensure backward compatibility when new .B epoll applications are run on older kernels. +.PP +Prior to Linux 2.6.29, +.\" commit 9df04e1f25effde823a600e755b51475d438f56b +a +.I /proc/sys/fs/epoll/max_user_instances +kernel parameter limited live epolls for each real user ID, +and caused +.BR epoll_create () +to fail with +.B EMFILE +on overrun. .SH SEE ALSO .BR close (2), .BR epoll_ctl (2), |