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From: vursc <vursc@vursc.org>
To: linux-man@vger.kernel.org
Cc: vursc <vursc@vursc.org>
Subject: [PATCH] man/man2/getdents.2: Fix incorrect argument type
Date: Sat,  4 Apr 2026 07:49:09 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260404074909.92900-1-vursc@vursc.org> (raw)

The count argument of getdents64 is an unsigned int; see
SYSCALL_DEFINE3(getdents64, ...) in linux/fs/readdir.c.

Signed-off-by: vursc <vursc@vursc.org>
---
 man/man2/getdents.2 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man/man2/getdents.2 b/man/man2/getdents.2
index 8c5bbebbc..3890943ee 100644
--- a/man/man2/getdents.2
+++ b/man/man2/getdents.2
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Standard C library
 .B #include <dirent.h>
 .P
 .BR "ssize_t getdents64(" "size_t count;"
-.BI "                   int " fd ", void " dirp [ count "], size_t " count );
+.BI "                   int " fd ", void " dirp [ count "], unsigned int " count );
 .fi
 .P
 .IR Note :
-- 
2.53.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-04-04  7:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-04  7:49 vursc [this message]
2026-04-04 21:53 ` [PATCH] man/man2/getdents.2: Fix incorrect argument type Mark Harris
2026-04-05 22:04   ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-04-06  5:37   ` vursc
2026-04-06  8:28     ` Alejandro Colomar

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