1 .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later
13 request-poll - Wait for some event on a file descriptor
22 .. c:function:: int poll( struct pollfd *ufds, unsigned int nfds, int timeout )
28 List of file descriptor events to be watched
31 Number of file descriptor events at the \*ufds array
34 Timeout to wait for events
39 With the :c:func:`poll()` function applications can wait
40 for a request to complete.
42 On success :c:func:`poll()` returns the number of file
43 descriptors that have been selected (that is, file descriptors for which the
44 ``revents`` field of the respective struct :c:type:`pollfd`
45 is non-zero). Request file descriptor set the ``POLLPRI`` flag in ``revents``
46 when the request was completed. When the function times out it returns
47 a value of zero, on failure it returns -1 and the ``errno`` variable is
50 Attempting to poll for a request that is not yet queued will
51 set the ``POLLERR`` flag in ``revents``.
56 On success, :c:func:`poll()` returns the number of
57 structures which have non-zero ``revents`` fields, or zero if the call
58 timed out. On error -1 is returned, and the ``errno`` variable is set
62 One or more of the ``ufds`` members specify an invalid file
66 ``ufds`` references an inaccessible memory area.
69 The call was interrupted by a signal.
72 The ``nfds`` value exceeds the ``RLIMIT_NOFILE`` value. Use
73 ``getrlimit()`` to obtain this value.