@@ -777,17 +777,20 @@ fails with the error
.B SO_RCVLOWAT
is changeable
only since Linux 2.4.
-The
+In versions of Linux prior to 2.6.28, the
.BR select (2)
and
.BR poll (2)
-system calls currently do not respect the
+system calls did not respect the
.B SO_RCVLOWAT
-setting on Linux,
-and mark a socket readable when even a single byte of data is available.
-A subsequent read from the socket will block until
+setting. Since Linux 2.6.28,
+.BR select (2)
+and
+.BR poll (2)
+will not mark a socket readable until
.B SO_RCVLOWAT
bytes are available.
+.\" Commit c7004482e8dcb7c3c72666395cfa98a216a4fb70
.\" See http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=111049368106984&w=2
.\" Tested on kernel 2.6.14 -- mtk, 30 Nov 05
.TP
Signed-off-by: Anmol Sarma <me@anmolsarma.in> --- man7/socket.7 | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)