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.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Jonathan Lemon
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd April 14, 2000
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.Dt KQUEUE 2
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm kqueue ,
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.Nm kevent
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.Nd kernel event notification mechanism
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
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.Fd #include <sys/event.h>
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.Ft int
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.Fn kqueue "void"
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.Ft int
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.Fn kevent "int kq" "const struct kevent *changelist" "int nchanges" "struct kevent *eventlist" "int nevents" "const struct timespec *timeout"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Fn kqueue
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provides a generic method of notifying the user when an event
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happens or a condition holds, based on the results of small
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pieces of kernel code termed filters.
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A kevent is identified by the (ident, filter) pair; there may only
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be one unique kevent per kqueue.
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.Pp
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The filter is executed upon the initial registration of a kevent
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in order to detect whether a preexisting condition is present, and is also
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executed whenever an event is passed to the filter for evaluation.
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If the filter determines that the condition should be reported,
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then the kevent is placed on the kqueue for the user to retrieve.
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.Pp
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The filter is also run when the user attempts to retrieve the kevent
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from the kqueue.
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If the filter indicates that the condition that triggered
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the event no longer holds, the kevent is removed from the kqueue and
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is not returned.
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.Pp
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Multiple events which trigger the filter do not result in multiple
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kevents being placed on the kqueue; instead, the filter will aggregate
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the events into a single struct kevent.
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Calling
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.Fn close
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on a file descriptor will remove any kevents that reference the descriptor.
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.Pp
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.Fn kqueue
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creates a new kernel event queue and returns a descriptor.
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The queue is not inherited by a child created with
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.Xr fork 2 .
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However, if
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.Xr rfork 2
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is called with the
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.Dv RFFDG
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flag, the descriptor table is shared,
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which will allow sharing of the kqueue between two processes.
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.Pp
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.Fn kevent
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is used to register events with the queue, and return any pending
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events to the user.
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.Fa changelist
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is a pointer to an array of
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.Va kevent
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structures, as defined in
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.Aq Pa event.h .
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All changes contained in the
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.Fa changelist
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are applied before any pending events are read from the queue.
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.Fa nchanges
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gives the size of
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.Fa changelist .
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.Fa eventlist
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is a pointer to an array of kevent structures.
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.Fa nevents
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determines the size of
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.Fa eventlist .
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If
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.Fa timeout
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is a non-NULL pointer, it specifies a maximum interval to wait
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for an event. If
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.Fa timeout
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is a NULL pointer,
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.Fn kevent
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waits indefinitely. To effect a poll, the
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.Fa timeout
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argument should be non-NULL, pointing to a zero-valued
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.Va timespec
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structure.
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.Pp
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The
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.Va kevent
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structure is defined as:
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.Bd -literal
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struct kevent {
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uintptr_t ident; /* identifier for this event */
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short filter; /* filter for event */
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u_short flags; /* action flags for kqueue */
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u_int fflags; /* filter flag value */
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intptr_t data; /* filter data value */
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void *udata; /* opaque user data identifier */
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};
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.Ed
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.Pp
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The fields of
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.Fa struct kevent
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are:
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.Bl -tag -width XXXfilter
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.It ident
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Value used to identify this event.
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The exact interpretation is determined by the attached filter,
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but often is a file descriptor.
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.It filter
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Identifies the kernel filter used to process this event. The pre-defined
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system filters are described below.
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.It flags
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Actions to perform on the event.
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.It fflags
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Filter-specific flags.
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.It data
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Filter-specific data value.
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.It udata
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Opaque user-defined value passed through the kernel unchanged.
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Va flags
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field can contain the following values:
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.Bl -tag -width XXXEV_ONESHOT
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.It EV_ADD
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Adds the event to the kqueue. Re-adding an existing event
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will modify the parameters of the original event, and not result
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in a duplicate entry. Adding an event automatically enables it,
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unless overridden by the EV_DISABLE flag.
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.It EV_ENABLE
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Permit
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.Fn kevent
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to return the event if it is triggered.
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.It EV_DISABLE
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Disable the event so
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.Fn kevent
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will not return it. The filter itself is not disabled.
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.It EV_DELETE
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Removes the event from the kqueue. Events which are attached to
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file descriptors are automatically deleted on the last close of
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the descriptor.
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.It EV_ONESHOT
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Causes the event to return only the first occurrence of the filter
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being triggered. After the user retrieves the event from the kqueue,
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it is deleted.
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.It EV_CLEAR
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After the event is retrieved by the user, its state is reset.
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This is useful for filters which report state transitions
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instead of the current state. Note that some filters may automatically
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set this flag internally.
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.It EV_EOF
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Filters may set this flag to indicate filter-specific EOF condition.
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.It EV_ERROR
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See
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.Sx RETURN VALUES
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below.
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.El
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.Pp
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The predefined system filters are listed below.
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Arguments may be passed to and from the filter via the
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.Va fflags
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and
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.Va data
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fields in the kevent structure.
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.Bl -tag
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.It EVFILT_READ
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Takes a descriptor as the identifier, and returns whenever
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there is data available to read.
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The behavior of the filter is slightly different depending
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on the descriptor type.
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.Bl -tag
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.It Sockets
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Sockets which have previously been passed to
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.Fn listen
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return when there is an incoming connection pending.
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.Va data
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contains the size of the listen backlog.
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.Pp
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Other socket descriptors return when there is data to be read,
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subject to the SO_RCVLOWAT value of the socket buffer.
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.Va data
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contains the number of bytes in the socket buffer.
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.Pp
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If the read direction of the socket has shutdown, then the filter
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also sets EV_EOF in
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.Va flags .
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It is possible for EOF to be returned (indicating the connection is gone)
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while there is still data pending in the socket buffer.
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.El
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.Bl -tag
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.It Vnodes
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Returns when the file pointer is not at the end of file.
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.Va data
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contains the offset from current position to end of file,
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and may be negative.
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.El
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.Bl -tag
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.It Fifos, Pipes
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Returns when the there is data to read;
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.Va data
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contains the number of bytes available.
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.Pp
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When the last writer disconnects, the filter will set EV_EOF in
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.Va flags .
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This may be cleared by passing in EV_CLEAR, at which point the
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filter will resume waiting for data to become available before
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returning.
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.El
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.El
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.Bl -tag
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.It EVFILT_WRITE
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Takes a descriptor as the identifier, and returns whenever
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it is possible to write to the descriptor. For sockets, pipes
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and fifos,
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.Va data
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will contain the amount of space remaining in the write buffer.
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The filter will set EV_EOF when the reader disconnects, and for
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the fifo case, this may be cleared by use of EV_CLEAR.
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Note that this filter is not supported for vnodes.
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.El
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.Bl -tag
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.It EVFILT_AIO
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A kevent structure is initialized, with
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.Va ident
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containing the descriptor of the kqueue that the event should be
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attached to. The address of the kevent structure is then placed in the
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.Va aio_lio_opcode
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field of the AIO request, and the aio_* function is then called.
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The event will be registered with the specified kqueue, and the
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.Va ident
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argument set to the
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.Fa struct aiocb
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returned by the aio_* function.
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The filter returns under the same conditions as aio_error.
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.Pp
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NOTE: this interface is unstable and subject to change.
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.El
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.Bl -tag
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.It EVFILT_VNODE
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Takes a file descriptor as the identifier and the events to watch for in
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.Va fflags ,
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and returns when one or more of the requested events occurs on the descriptor.
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The events to monitor are:
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.Bl -tag -width XXNOTE_RENAME
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.It NOTE_DELETE
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.Fn unlink
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was called on the file referenced by the descriptor.
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.It NOTE_WRITE
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A write occurred on the file referenced by the descriptor.
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.It NOTE_EXTEND
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The file referenced by the descriptor was extended.
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.It NOTE_ATTRIB
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The file referenced by the descriptor had its attributes changed.
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.It NOTE_LINK
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The link count on the file changed.
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.It NOTE_RENAME
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The file referenced by the descriptor was renamed.
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.El
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.Pp
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On return,
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.Va fflags
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contains the events which triggered the filter.
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.El
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.Bl -tag
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.It EVFILT_PROC
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Takes the process ID to monitor as the identifier and the events to watch for
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in
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.Va fflags ,
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and returns when the process performs one or more of the requested events.
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If a process can normally see another process, it can attach an event to it.
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The events to monitor are:
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.Bl -tag -width XXNOTE_TRACKERR
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.It NOTE_EXIT
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The process has exited.
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.It NOTE_FORK
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The process has called
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.Fn fork .
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.It NOTE_EXEC
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The process has executed a new process via
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.Xr execve 2
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or similar call.
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.It NOTE_TRACK
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Follow a process across
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.Fn fork
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calls. The parent process will return with NOTE_TRACK set in the
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.Va fflags
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field, while the child process will return with NOTE_CHILD set in
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.Va fflags
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and the parent PID in
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.Va data .
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.It NOTE_TRACKERR
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This flag is returned if the system was unable to attach an event to
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the child process, usually due to resource limitations.
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.El
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.Pp
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On return,
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.Va fflags
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contains the events which triggered the filter.
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.It EVFILT_SIGNAL
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Takes the signal number to monitor as the identifier and returns
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when the given signal is delivered to the process.
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This coexists with the
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.Fn signal
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and
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.Fn sigaction
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facilities, and has a lower precedence. The filter will record
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all attempts to deliver a signal to a process, even if the signal has
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been marked as SIG_IGN. Event notification happens after normal
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signal delivery processing.
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.Va data
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returns the number of times the signal has occurred since the last call to
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.Fn kqueue .
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This filter automatically sets the EV_CLEAR flag internally.
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.El
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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.Fn kqueue
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creates a new kernel event queue and returns a file descriptor.
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If there was an error creating the kernel event queue, a value of -1 is
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returned and errno set.
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.Pp
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.Fn kevent
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returns the number of events placed in the
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.Fa eventlist ,
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up to the value given by
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.Fa nevents .
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If an error occurs while processing an element of the
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.Fa changelist
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and there is enough room in the
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.Fa eventlist ,
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then the event will be placed in the
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.Fa eventlist
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with
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.Dv EV_ERROR
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set in
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.Va flags
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and the system error in
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.Va data .
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Otherwise,
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.Dv -1
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will be returned, and
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.Dv errno
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will be set to indicate the error condition.
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If the time limit expires, then
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.Fn kevent
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returns 0.
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.Sh ERRORS
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The
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.Fn kqueue
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function fails if:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er ENOMEM
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The kernel failed to allocate enough memory for the kernel queue.
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.It Bq Er EMFILE
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The per-process descriptor table is full.
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.It Bq Er ENFILE
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The system file table is full.
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn kevent
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function fails if:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EACCESS
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The process does not have permission to register a filter.
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.It Bq Er EFAULT
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There was an error reading or writing the
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.Va kevent
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structure.
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.It Bq Er EBADF
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The specified descriptor is invalid.
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.It Bq Er EINTR
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A signal was delivered before the timeout expired and before any
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events were placed on the kqueue for return.
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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The specified time limit or filter is invalid.
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.It Bq Er ENOENT
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The event could not be found to be modified or deleted.
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.It Bq Er ENOMEM
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No memory was available to register the event.
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.It Bq Er ESRCH
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The specified process to attach to does not exist.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr aio_error 2 ,
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.Xr aio_read 2 ,
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.Xr aio_return 2 ,
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.Xr poll 2 ,
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.Xr read 2 ,
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.Xr select 2 ,
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.Xr sigaction 2 ,
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.Xr write 2 ,
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.Xr signal 3
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn kqueue
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and
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.Fn kevent
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functions first appeared in
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.Fx 4.1 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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The
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.Fn kqueue
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system and this manual page were written by
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.An Jonathan Lemon Aq jlemon@FreeBSD.org .
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.Sh BUGS
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It is currently not possible to watch a
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.Xr vnode 9
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that resides on anything but
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a UFS file system.
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