EPOLL_CREATE(2) Linux Programmer's Manual EPOLL_CREATE(2)NAMEepoll_create - open an epoll file descriptor
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/epoll.h>
int epoll_create(int size)
DESCRIPTION
Open an epoll file descriptor by requesting the kernel allocate an
event backing store dimensioned for size descriptors. The size is not
the maximum size of the backing store but just a hint to the kernel
about how to dimension internal structures. The returned file descrip‐
tor will be used for all the subsequent calls to the epoll interface.
The file descriptor returned by epoll_create(2) must be closed by using
close(2).
RETURN VALUE
When successful, epoll_create(2) returns a non-negative integer identi‐
fying the descriptor. When an error occurs, epoll_create(2) returns -1
and errno is set appropriately.
ERRORS
EINVAL size is not positive.
ENFILE The system limit on the total number of open files has
been reached.
ENOMEM There was insufficient memory to create the kernel
object.
CONFORMING TOepoll_create(2) is a new API introduced in Linux kernel 2.5.44.
The interface should be finalized by Linux kernel 2.5.66.
SEE ALSOclose(2), epoll_ctl(2), epoll_wait(2), epoll(7)Linux 2.6.7 2004-06-17 EPOLL_CREATE(2)