From: Andi Kleen <andi-Vw/NltI1exuRpAAqCnN02g@public.gmane.org>
To: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi-Vw/NltI1exuRpAAqCnN02g@public.gmane.org>,
linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
ak-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAN: Clarify mremap.2 prototype
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:38:10 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100611083810.GG6864@basil.fritz.box> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTiltSNhhRO0wxqLA0nNAPv70LBclMQTVKUXQd5hE-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
> > This change will give less information to the reader than the patch. It doesn't
> > seem like a improvement to me.
>
> It gives less information than your patch, because your patch repeated
> information that was already in the page.
The correct prototype for the 5 argument option was and is still missing.
Text is no replacement for a correct prototype.
BTW I was prompted to this patch by a real world incident, someone
overlooking the fifth argument.
-Andi
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-06-11 8:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-06-03 9:08 [PATCH] MAN: Clarify mremap.2 prototype Andi Kleen
[not found] ` <20100603090818.GA4741-u0/ZJuX+froe6aEkudXLsA@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-10 4:06 ` Michael Kerrisk
[not found] ` <AANLkTim4NYbt66oTsxS7ECTzi63gpli6GuSOBgR2ZlR7-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-10 17:15 ` Andi Kleen
[not found] ` <20100610171503.GG19561-u0/ZJuX+froe6aEkudXLsA@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-11 8:32 ` Michael Kerrisk
[not found] ` <AANLkTiltSNhhRO0wxqLA0nNAPv70LBclMQTVKUXQd5hE-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-11 8:38 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
[not found] ` <20100611083810.GG6864-u0/ZJuX+froe6aEkudXLsA@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-11 14:34 ` Michael Kerrisk
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