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diff --git a/usr/src/man/man7/eventfd.7 b/usr/src/man/man7/eventfd.7 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..18945d6df0 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr/src/man/man7/eventfd.7 @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +.\" +.\" This file and its contents are supplied under the terms of the +.\" Common Development and Distribution License ("CDDL"), version 1.0. +.\" You may only use this file in accordance with the terms of version +.\" 1.0 of the CDDL. +.\" +.\" A full copy of the text of the CDDL should have accompanied this +.\" source. A copy of the CDDL is also available via the Internet at +.\" http://www.illumos.org/license/CDDL. +.\" +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2014, Joyent, Inc. All Rights Reserved. +.\" +.Dd Dec 3, 2014 +.Dt EVENTFD 7 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm eventfd +.Nd Linux-compatible user event notification facility +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In sys/eventfd.h +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +is a Linux-borne facility for sending and receiving user +events via a file descriptor. +While the facility itself is somewhat dubious (it can be mimicked in an entirely +portable way with a pipe), it is small and straightforward and this +implementation is entirely compatible with its Linux antecedent; see +.Xr eventfd 3C +for details. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr eventfd 3C |