From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jon Grant Subject: aio_return man page different from aio_read Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:44:46 +0000 Message-ID: <4F1B31CE.2010404@jguk.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org Cc: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Hello aio_read also describes aio_return will return -1 on error: http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man3/aio_read.3.html However, aio_return man page does not explain this, it says the error code returned directly: "If the asynchronous I/O operation has completed, this function returns the value that would have been returned in case of a synchronous read(2), write(2), fsync(2) or fdatasync(2), call." http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man3/aio_return.3.html I don't know which is correct. Best regards, Jon -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html