Re: [patch] shutdown.2: POSIX compliant since version 3.7-rc1

["Stéphane Aulery" <saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>]

Hello Michael,

Le mardi 21 avril 2015 à 03:18:16, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) a écrit :
> 
> On 02/27/2015 01:21 AM, saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org wrote:
> > From: Stéphane Aulery <saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
> > 
> > Synchronizing the manpage with the new POSIX compliant behavior of shutdown().
> > A warning message is kept to indicate possible problems with the old behavior
> > of UNIX domain sockets.
> > 
> > See bug report: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47111
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stéphane Aulery <saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
> > ---
> >  man2/shutdown.2 | 13 +++++--------
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/man2/shutdown.2 b/man2/shutdown.2
> > index ab39cfd..2174de3 100644
> > --- a/man2/shutdown.2
> > +++ b/man2/shutdown.2
> > @@ -102,14 +102,11 @@ respectively, and are defined in
> >  .I <sys/socket.h>
> >  since glibc-2.1.91.
> >  .SH BUGS
> > -As currently implemented,
> > -checks for the validity of
> > -.I how
> > -are done in domain-specific code, and not all domains perform these checks.
> > -.\" FIXME .
> > -.\" https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47111
> > -Most notably, UNIX domain sockets simply ignore invalid values;
> > -this may change in the future.
> > +This implementation is POSIX compliant since version 3.7-rc1. Previously, UNIX
> > +domain and DECnet sockets simply ignored invalid values of
> > +.IR how ,
> > +due to a domain-specific code. Applications that used invalid values to
> > +circumvent this lack should be corrected.
> >  .SH SEE ALSO
> >  .BR connect (2),
> >  .BR socket (2),
> 
> I think the above patch probably goes into a little too much detail.
> I think few people care about DECnet these days, so I'd prefer not
> to clutter the page with mention of it.
> 
> I instead applied the patch below. Thanks for spotting that this kernel
> bug had been fixed!

Chic, even a bug in my list of conquests. Thank you Michael.

> Cheers,

-- 
Stéphane Aulery
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