[RFC v4] system_data_types.7: Document sigval, ssize_t, suseconds_t, time_t, timer_t, timespec & timeval

Alejandro Colomar
2020-09-15T13:45:16Z

Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com>
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Hi Michael,

This is already a release candidate, I'd say.

Changelog since Draft v3:

- Specify POSIX versions
- ffix
- wfix
- Curate See also

On 2020-09-15 08:22, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> I think the reader won't easily deduce the above ordering.
> I think just the following will be fine:
> * (1)/(2) (merged is fine)
> * The rest, ordered alphabetically.

I'm not sure I fully understood it. Please check the updated comments.
No type required actual modifications after that change.

Basically, I merged (3) & (4).

>> +Conforming to: POSIX.1-xxxx and later.
>> +.IP
>> +See also:
> Above two lines should also be commented out.

Done

>> +See also the
>> +.B timeval
> s/.B/.I/

Done

I decided to definitively remove many of the see also links.
They were most of them junk.

Cheers,

Alex

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+.\" Copyright (c) 2020 by Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com>
+.\"
+.\" %%%LICENSE_START(VERBATIM)
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+.\" which is licensed free of charge, as they might when working
+.\" professionally.
+.\"
+.\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by
+.\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work.
+.\" %%%LICENSE_END
+.\"
+.\"
+.TH SYSTEM_DATA_TYPES 7 2020-09-13 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.SH NAME
+system_data_types \- overview of system data types
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.\" TODO:
+.\" * Add types
+.\" * Curate "See also"
+.\" Layout:
+.\" A list of type names (the struct/union keyword will be omitted).
+.\" Each entry will have the following parts:
+.\" * Include
+.\" The headers will be in the following order:
+.\" 1) The header(s) that shall define the type
+.\" according to the C standard,
+.\" in alphabetical order.
+.\" 2) The header that shall define the type
+.\" according to POSIX.
+.\" 3) All other headers that shall define the type
+.\" as described in the previous header
+.\" according to POSIX,
+.\" and
+.\" all other headers that define the type
+.\" that are Linux specific,
+.\" in alphabetical order.
+.\"
+.\" * Definition (no "Definition" header)
+.\" Only struct/union types will have definition;
+.\" typedefs will remain opaque.
+.\"
+.\" * Description (no "Description" header)
+.\" A few lines describing the type.
+.\"
+.\" * Conforming to
+.\" example: CXY and later; POSIX.1-XXXX and later.
+.\" Forget about pre-C99 C standards (i.e., C89/C90)
+.\"
+.\" * Notes (optional)
+.\"
+.\" * See also
+.TP
+.I sigval
+.IP
+Include:
+.I <signal.h>
+.IP
+.EX
+union sigval {
+ int sigval_int; /* Integer value */
+ void *sigval_ptr; /* Pointer value */
+};
+.EE
+.IP
+Data passed with a signal.
+.IP
+Conforming to: POSIX.1-2001 and later.
+.IP
+See also:
+.BR rt_sigqueueinfo (2),
+.BR sigaction (2),
+.BR mq_notify (3),
+.BR pthread_sigqueue (3),
+.BR sigqueue (3),
+.BR sigevent (7)
+.TP
+.I ssize_t
+.IP
+Include:
+.I <sys/types.h>
+or
+.I <aio.h>
+or
+.I <limits.h>
+or
+.I <monetary.h>
+or
+.I <mqueue.h>
+or
+.I <regex.h>
+or
+.I <stdio.h>
+or
+.I <sys/msg.h>
+or
+.I <sys/socket.h>
+or
+.I <sys/uio.h>
+or
+.I <unistd.h>
+.IP
+Used for a count of bytes or an error indication.
+According to POSIX, it shall be a signed integer type
+capable of storing values at least in the range [-1,
+.BR SSIZE_MAX ].
+.IP
+Conforming to: POSIX.1-2001 and later.
+.IP
+See also:
+.BR copy_file_range (2),
+.BR getrandom (2),
+.BR getxattr (2),
+.BR listxattr (2),
+.BR msgrcv (2),
+.BR pread (2),
+.BR process_vm_readv (2),
+.BR read (2),
+.BR readahead (2),
+.BR readlink (2),
+.BR readv (2),
+.BR recv (2),
+.BR send (2),
+.BR sendfile (2),
+.BR splice (2),
+.BR tee (2),
+.BR vmsplice (2),
+.BR write (2),
+.BR aio_return (3),
+.BR getdirentries (3),
+.BR getline (3),
+.BR mq_receive (3),
+.BR strfmon (3),
+.BR swab (3),
+.BR mq_receive (3)
+.IP
+See also the
+.I size_t
+type in this page.
+.TP
+.I suseconds_t
+.IP
+Include:
+.I <sys/types.h>
+or
+.I <sys/select.h>
+or
+.I <sys/time.h>
+or
+.I <unistd.h>
+.IP
+Used for time in microseconds.
+According to POSIX, it shall be a signed integer type
+capable of storing values at least in the range [-1, 1000000].
+.IP
+Conforming to: POSIX.1-2001 and later.
+.\".IP
+.\"See also:
+.IP
+See also the
+.I timeval
+structure in this page.
+.TP
+.I time_t
+.IP
+Include:
+.I <time.h>
+or
+.I <sys/types.h>
+or
+.I <sched.h>
+or
+.I <sys/msg.h>
+or
+.I <sys/select.h>
+or
+.I <sys/sem.h>
+or
+.I <sys/shm.h>
+or
+.I <sys/stat.h>
+or
+.I <sys/time.h>
+or
+.I <utime.h>
+.IP
+Used for time in seconds.
+According to POSIX, it shall be an integer type.
+.IP
+Conforming to: C99 and later; POSIX.1-2001 and later.
+.IP
+See also:
+.BR stime (2),
+.BR time (2),
+.BR timer_settime (2),
+.BR ctime (3),
+.BR difftime (3),
+.BR timegm (3)
+.TP
+.I timer_t
+.IP
+Include:
+.I <sys/types.h>
+or
+.I <time.h>
+.IP
+Used for timer ID returned by
+.BR timer_create (2).
+According to POSIX,
+there are no defined comparison or assignment operators for this type.
+.IP
+Conforming to: POSIX.1-2001 and later.
+.IP
+See also:
+.BR timer_create (2),
+.BR timer_delete (2),
+.BR timer_getoverrun (2),
+.BR timer_settime (2)
+.TP
+.I timespec
+.IP
+Include:
+.I <time.h>
+or
+.I <aio.h>
+or
+.I <mqueue.h>
+or
+.I <pthread.h>
+or
+.I <sched.h>
+or
+.I <semaphore.h>
+or
+.I <signal.h>
+or
+.I <sys/select.h>
+or
+.I <sys/stat.h>
+or
+.I <trace.h>
+.IP
+.EX
+struct timespec {
+ time_t tv_sec; /* Seconds */
+ long tv_nsec; /* Nanoseconds */
+};
+.EE
+.IP
+Describes times in seconds and nanoseconds.
+.IP
+Conforming to: C11 and later; POSIX.1-2001 and later.
+.IP
+See also:
+.BR clock_gettime (2),
+.BR clock_nanosleep (2),
+.BR nanosleep (2),
+.BR timerfd_gettime (2),
+.BR timer_gettime (2)
+.TP
+.I timeval
+.IP
+Include:
+.I <sys/time.h>
+or
+.I <sys/resource.h>
+or
+.I <sys/select.h>
+or
+.I <utmpx.h>
+.IP
+.EX
+struct timeval {
+ time_t tv_sec; /* Seconds */
+ suseconds_t tv_usec; /* Microseconds */
+};
+.EE
+.IP
+Describes times in seconds and microseconds.
+.IP
+Conforming to: POSIX.1-2001 and later.
+.IP
+See also:
+.BR futimesat (2),
+.BR gettimeofday (2),
+.BR select (2),
+.BR utimes (2),
+.BR adjtime (3),
+.BR futimes (3),
+.BR rpc (3),
+.BR rtime (3),
+.BR timeradd (3)
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