Re: ioctl_pipe(2): SYNOPSIS: $1

[Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>]

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Oops, I forgot to CC the linux-man@ list.  Fixed now.

On Sat, Dec 14, 2024 at 07:03:51PM +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> 
> Hi Cyril,
> 
> The manual page ioctl_pipe(2) has this synopsis:
> 
>        int ioctl(int pipefd[1], IOC_WATCH_QUEUE_SET_SIZE, int size);
>        int ioctl(int pipefd[1], IOC_WATCH_QUEUE_SET_FILTER,
>                  struct watch_notification_filter *filter);
> 
> Which says the $1 is an array of int (the type is declared as int[1]).
> However, this is incorrect, since the first argument is of course a
> plain int, a single file descriptor.  Would you mind revising the page?
> 
> Thanks!
> And have a lovely night!
> Alex
> 
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