Update of /cvsroot/alsa/alsa-lib/src/pcm
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv7420

Modified Files:
        pcm.c 
Log Message:
Improved comments for poll_descriptors

Index: pcm.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/alsa/alsa-lib/src/pcm/pcm.c,v
retrieving revision 1.274
retrieving revision 1.275
diff -u -r1.274 -r1.275
--- pcm.c       2 Mar 2004 17:13:49 -0000       1.274
+++ pcm.c       3 Mar 2004 12:54:01 -0000       1.275
@@ -1220,9 +1220,13 @@
  * PCM handle.  The poll desctiptor array should have the size returned by
  * \link ::snd_pcm_poll_descriptors_count() \endlink function.
  *
+ * The result is intended for direct use with the poll() syscall.
+ *
  * For reading the returned events of poll descriptor after poll() system
  * call, use \link ::snd_pcm_poll_descriptors_revents() \endlink function.
- * The field values in pollfd structs may be bogus.
+ * The field values in pollfd structs may be bogus regarding the stream
+ * direction from the application perspective (POLLIN might not imply read
+ * direction and POLLOUT might not imply write).
  */
 int snd_pcm_poll_descriptors(snd_pcm_t *pcm, struct pollfd *pfds, unsigned int space)
 {
@@ -1243,6 +1247,9 @@
  * \param nfds count of poll descriptors
  * \param revents returned events
  * \return zero if success, otherwise a negative error code
+ *
+ * This function does "demangling" of the revents mask returned from
+ * the poll() syscall to correct semantics (POLLIN = read, POLLOUT = write).
  */
 int snd_pcm_poll_descriptors_revents(snd_pcm_t *pcm, struct pollfd *pfds, unsigned 
int nfds, unsigned short *revents)
 {



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