linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] splice.2: Note EAGAIN can occur when called on nonblocking file descriptors

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Date:   Fri, 12 Apr 2019 17:02:46 +0300
From:   Slavomir Kaslev <kaslevs@...are.com>
To:     mtk.manpages@...il.com
Cc:     linux-man@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        slavomir.kaslev@...il.com
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] splice.2: Note EAGAIN can occur when called on nonblocking file descriptors

Signed-off-by: Slavomir Kaslev <kaslevs@...are.com>
---
 man2/splice.2 | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man2/splice.2 b/man2/splice.2
index 57988d9d6..af3fa4e74 100644
--- a/man2/splice.2
+++ b/man2/splice.2
@@ -155,7 +155,9 @@ is set to indicate the error.
 .B EAGAIN
 .B SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK
 was specified in
-.IR flags ,
+.IR flags
+or one of the file descriptors had been marked as nonblocking
+.RB ( O_NONBLOCK ) ,
 and the operation would block.
 .TP
 .B EBADF
-- 
2.19.1