NAME

pollwakeup − inform a process that an event has occurred

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/poll.h>
void pollwakeup(struct pollhead ∗php, short event);

ARGUMENTS

php Pointer to a pollhead structure. 

event Event to notify the process about. 

INTERFACE LEVEL

Architecture independent level 1 (DDI/DKI). 

DESCRIPTION

pollwakeup() wakes a process waiting on the occurrence of an event.  It should be called from a driver for each occurrence of an event.  The pollhead structure will usually be associated with the driver’s private data structure associated with the particular minor device where the event has occurred.  See chpoll(9E) and poll(2) for more detail. 

CONTEXT

pollwakeup() can be called from user or interrupt context. 

SEE ALSO

poll(2), chpoll(9E)

SunOS 5.1/SPARC  —  Last change: 11 Apr 1991