1*1767006bSBryan Cantrill.\" 2*1767006bSBryan Cantrill.\" This file and its contents are supplied under the terms of the 3*1767006bSBryan Cantrill.\" Common Development and Distribution License ("CDDL"), version 1.0. 4*1767006bSBryan Cantrill.\" You may only use this file in accordance with the terms of version 5*1767006bSBryan Cantrill.\" 1.0 of the CDDL. 6*1767006bSBryan Cantrill.\" 7*1767006bSBryan Cantrill.\" A full copy of the text of the CDDL should have accompanied this 8*1767006bSBryan Cantrill.\" source. A copy of the CDDL is also available via the Internet at 9*1767006bSBryan Cantrill.\" http://www.illumos.org/license/CDDL. 10*1767006bSBryan Cantrill.\" 11*1767006bSBryan Cantrill.\" 12*1767006bSBryan Cantrill.\" Copyright (c) 2014, Joyent, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 13*1767006bSBryan Cantrill.\" 14*1767006bSBryan Cantrill.Dd Dec 3, 2014 15*1767006bSBryan Cantrill.Dt EVENTFD 5 16*1767006bSBryan Cantrill.Os 17*1767006bSBryan Cantrill.Sh NAME 18*1767006bSBryan Cantrill.Nm eventfd 19*1767006bSBryan Cantrill.Nd Linux-compatible user event notification facility 20*1767006bSBryan Cantrill.Sh SYNOPSIS 21*1767006bSBryan Cantrill.In sys/eventfd.h 22*1767006bSBryan Cantrill.Sh DESCRIPTION 23*1767006bSBryan Cantrill.Nm 24*1767006bSBryan Cantrillis a Linux-borne facility for sending and receiving user 25*1767006bSBryan Cantrillevents via a file descriptor. While the facility itself is somewhat dubious 26*1767006bSBryan Cantrill(it can be mimicked in an entirely portable way with a pipe), it is 27*1767006bSBryan Cantrillsmall and straightforward and this implementation is entirely compatible 28*1767006bSBryan Cantrillwith its Linux antecedent; see 29*1767006bSBryan Cantrill.Xr eventfd 3C 30*1767006bSBryan Cantrillfor details. 31*1767006bSBryan Cantrill.Sh SEE ALSO 32*1767006bSBryan Cantrill.Xr eventfd 3C 33