[PATCH] sigprocmask(2): add EFAULT as a possible errno value

[PATCH] sigprocmask(2): add EFAULT as a possible errno value

[Mike Frysinger]

This func takes pointers, and invalid ones will result in EFAULT.

Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
---
 man2/sigprocmask.2 |    8 ++++++++
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man2/sigprocmask.2 b/man2/sigprocmask.2
index bd4065d..14222b6 100644
--- a/man2/sigprocmask.2
+++ b/man2/sigprocmask.2
@@ -92,6 +92,14 @@ is unspecified in a multithreaded process; see
 .BR sigprocmask ()
 returns 0 on success and \-1 on error.
 .SH ERRORS
+.TP
+.B EFAULT
+The specified
+.I set
+or
+.I oldset
+pointed outside the process's allocated address space.
+.TP
 .B EINVAL
 The value specified in
 .I how
-- 
1.7.8.3

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Re: [PATCH] sigprocmask(2): add EFAULT as a possible errno value

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

Hi Mike,

On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> This func takes pointers, and invalid ones will result in EFAULT.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>  man2/sigprocmask.2 |    8 ++++++++
>  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/man2/sigprocmask.2 b/man2/sigprocmask.2
> index bd4065d..14222b6 100644
> --- a/man2/sigprocmask.2
> +++ b/man2/sigprocmask.2
> @@ -92,6 +92,14 @@ is unspecified in a multithreaded process; see
>  .BR sigprocmask ()
>  returns 0 on success and \-1 on error.
>  .SH ERRORS
> +.TP
> +.B EFAULT
> +The specified
> +.I set
> +or
> +.I oldset
> +pointed outside the process's allocated address space.
> +.TP
>  .B EINVAL
>  The value specified in
>  .I how

Thanks. I've applied a slightly edited version of this for man-pages-3.39.

Cheers,

Michael


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Author of "The Linux Programming Interface"; http://man7.org/tlpi/
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