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diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/cec/cec-func-poll.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/cec/cec-func-poll.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..fcab65f6d6b8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/cec/cec-func-poll.rst @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*- + +.. _cec-func-poll: + +********** +cec poll() +********** + +Name +==== + +cec-poll - Wait for some event on a file descriptor + + +Synopsis +======== + +.. code-block:: c + + #include <sys/poll.h> + + +.. cpp:function:: int poll( struct pollfd *ufds, unsigned int nfds, int timeout ) + +Arguments +========= + + +Description +=========== + +.. note:: This documents the proposed CEC API. This API is not yet finalized + and is currently only available as a staging kernel module. + +With the :c:func:`poll()` function applications can wait for CEC +events. + +On success :c:func:`poll()` returns the number of file descriptors +that have been selected (that is, file descriptors for which the +``revents`` field of the respective :c:type:`struct pollfd` structure +is non-zero). CEC devices set the ``POLLIN`` and ``POLLRDNORM`` flags in +the ``revents`` field if there are messages in the receive queue. If the +transmit queue has room for new messages, the ``POLLOUT`` and +``POLLWRNORM`` flags are set. If there are events in the event queue, +then the ``POLLPRI`` flag is set. When the function timed out it returns +a value of zero, on failure it returns -1 and the ``errno`` variable is +set appropriately. + +For more details see the :c:func:`poll()` manual page. + + +Return Value +============ + +On success, :c:func:`poll()` returns the number structures which have +non-zero ``revents`` fields, or zero if the call timed out. On error -1 +is returned, and the ``errno`` variable is set appropriately: + +``EBADF`` + One or more of the ``ufds`` members specify an invalid file + descriptor. + +``EFAULT`` + ``ufds`` references an inaccessible memory area. + +``EINTR`` + The call was interrupted by a signal. + +``EINVAL`` + The ``nfds`` argument is greater than ``OPEN_MAX``. |