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-.\" Copyright (c) 2022 by Cyril Hrubis <chrubi@suse.cz>
-.\"
-.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
-.\"
-.TH ioctl_pipe 2 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
-.SH NAME
-ioctl_pipe \- ioctl() operations for General notification mechanism
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.nf
-.BR "#include <linux/watch_queue.h>" " /* Definition of " IOC_WATCH_QUEUE_ "* */"
-.B #include <sys/ioctl.h>
-.PP
-.BI "int ioctl(int " pipefd "[1], IOC_WATCH_QUEUE_SET_SIZE, int " size );
-.BI "int ioctl(int " pipefd "[1], IOC_WATCH_QUEUE_SET_FILTER,"
-.BI " struct watch_notification_filter *" filter );
-.fi
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-The following
-.BR ioctl (2)
-operations are provided to set up general notification queue parameters.
-The notification queue is built on the top of a
-.BR pipe (2)
-opened with the
-.B O_NOTIFICATION_PIPE
-flag.
-.TP
-.BR IOC_WATCH_QUEUE_SET_SIZE " (since Linux 5.8)"
-.\" commit c73be61cede5882f9605a852414db559c0ebedfd
-Preallocates the pipe buffer memory so that
-it can fit
-.I size
-notification messages.
-Currently,
-.I size
-must be between 1 and 512.
-.TP
-.BR IOC_WATCH_QUEUE_SET_FILTER " (since Linux 5.8)"
-.\" commit c73be61cede5882f9605a852414db559c0ebedfd
-Watch queue filter can limit events that are received.
-Filters are passed in a
-.I struct watch_notification_filter
-and each filter is described by a
-.I struct watch_notification_type_filter
-structure.
-.IP
-.in +4n
-.EX
-struct watch_notification_filter {
- __u32 nr_filters;
- __u32 __reserved;
- struct watch_notification_type_filter filters[];
-};
-\&
-struct watch_notification_type_filter {
- __u32 type;
- __u32 info_filter;
- __u32 info_mask;
- __u32 subtype_filter[8];
-};
-.EE
-.in
-.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR pipe (2),
-.BR ioctl (2)