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From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Jon Grant <jg-hus3n9K41k0@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Michael Kerrisk
	<mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: posix_memalign
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 08:11:24 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5226CF0C.5050908@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGc9EvdXthzgBYEV=zpq+POQypCN_ePs0g3tksz6jC71zBDr+Q-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>

Hi Jon,

On 09/03/13 19:32, Jon Grant wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I have a proposal to change the description on this page to be clearer:
> http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/posix_memalign.3.html
> 
> Currently:
> 
> "If size is 0, then
> posix_memalign() returns either NULL, or a unique pointer value that
> can later be successfully passed to free(3)."
> 
> --As posix_memalign doesn't "return" the value, but places the address
> in *memptr I propose to change it to:
> 
> "If size is 0, then
> posix_memalign() either places NULL in *memptr, or a unique pointer value that
> can later be successfully passed to free(3)."

By chance, someone else recently reported this (offlist), and I 
made a change (commit 558f02dff03b5835d9f83f20b2056f38c6238a36).

Cheers,

Michael

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-09-04  6:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-09-03 17:32 posix_memalign Jon Grant
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2013-09-04  6:11   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) [this message]
     [not found]     ` <5226CF0C.5050908-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-09-04 22:13       ` posix_memalign Jonny Grant

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