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NAME
       epoll_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 to 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
       descriptor  will  be  used  for  all  the subsequent calls to the epoll
       interface.  The file descriptor  returned  by  epoll_create()  must  be
       closed by using close(2).


RETURN VALUE
       When   successful,   epoll_create()   returns  a  non-negative  integer
       identifying the  descriptor.   When  an  error  occurs,  epoll_create()
       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 TO
       epoll_create() is Linux-specific, and was introduced in kernel  2.5.44.


SEE ALSO
       close(2), epoll_ctl(2), epoll_wait(2), epoll(7)


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