Szabványtalan Linux-on a könnyen megtalálható /usr/include/asm-generic/errno.h file-ban:
#define EWOULDBLOCK EAGAIN /* Operation would block */
Valamint a /usr/include/asm-generic/errno-base.h file-ban:
#define EAGAIN 11 /* Try again */
Linuxon a read(2) manual a következőt írja:
EAGAIN or EWOULDBLOCK
The file descriptor fd refers to a socket and has been marked
nonblocking (O_NONBLOCK), and the read would block.
POSIX.1-2001 allows either error to be returned for this case,
and does not require these constants to have the same value,
so a portable application should check for both possibilities.