1EPOLL_CREATE(2)            Linux Programmer's Manual           EPOLL_CREATE(2)
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5NAME
6       epoll_create - open an epoll file descriptor
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8SYNOPSIS
9       #include <sys/epoll.h>
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11       int epoll_create(int size)
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13DESCRIPTION
14       Open  an  epoll  file  descriptor  by requesting the kernel allocate an
15       event backing store dimensioned for size descriptors. The size  is  not
16       the  maximum  size  of  the backing store but just a hint to the kernel
17       about how to dimension internal structures.  The returned file descrip-
18       tor  will  be used for all the subsequent calls to the epoll interface.
19       The file descriptor returned by epoll_create(2) must be closed by using
20       close(2).
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22RETURN VALUE
23       When successful, epoll_create(2) returns a positive integer identifying
24       the descriptor.  When an error occurs, epoll_create(2) returns  -1  and
25       errno is set appropriately.
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27ERRORS
28       ENOMEM There was insufficient memory to create the kernel object.
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30CONFORMING TO
31       epoll_create(2)  is  a  new API introduced in Linux kernel 2.5.44.  The
32       interface should be finalized by Linux kernel 2.5.66.
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34SEE ALSO
35       epoll(4) epoll_ctl(2) epoll_wait(2) close(2)
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40Linux                           23 October 2002                EPOLL_CREATE(2)
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