Re: [PATCH] system_data_types.7: Add 'fd_set'

["Michael Kerrisk \(man-pages\) via Libc-alpha" <libc-alpha@sourceware.org>]

On 10/9/20 10:42 AM, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com>
> ---
> 
> Hi Michael,
> 
> I found that POSIX defines the limit in a macro, so I used that.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Alex

Thanks, Alex. Patch applied.

Cheers,

Michael

>  man7/system_data_types.7 | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/man7/system_data_types.7 b/man7/system_data_types.7
> index b0e0d2b48..a4a2e0ab8 100644
> --- a/man7/system_data_types.7
> +++ b/man7/system_data_types.7
> @@ -151,6 +151,28 @@ See also the
>  .I float_t
>  type in this page.
>  .RE
> +.\"------------------------------------- fd_set -----------------------/
> +.TP
> +.I fd_set
> +.RS
> +Include:
> +.IR <sys/select.h> .
> +Alternatively,
> +.IR <sys/time.h> .
> +.PP
> +A structure type that can represent a set of file descriptors.
> +According to POSIX,
> +the maximum number of file descriptors in an
> +.I fd_set
> +structure is the value of the macro
> +.BR FD_SETSIZE .
> +.PP
> +Conforming to:
> +POSIX.1-2001 and later.
> +.PP
> +See also:
> +.BR select (2)
> +.RE
>  .\"------------------------------------- fenv_t -----------------------/
>  .TP
>  .I fenv_t
> 


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