Re: [PATCH] io_setup.2: SYNOPSIS: return long

["Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>]

Hi Alex,

On 11/1/20 2:59 PM, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> The Linux kernel uses a long as the return type for this syscall.
> As glibc provides no wrapper, use the same types the kernel uses.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com>

Thanks. Patch applied.

Cheers,

Michael

> ---
> 
> Hi Michael,
> 
> Please apply this patch after "s/io_contexxt_t/aio_context_t/".
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Alex
> 
>  man2/io_setup.2 | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man2/io_setup.2 b/man2/io_setup.2
> index f9860fda5..1a89de220 100644
> --- a/man2/io_setup.2
> +++ b/man2/io_setup.2
> @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ io_setup \- create an asynchronous I/O context
>  .nf
>  .BR "#include <linux/aio_abi.h>" "          /* Defines needed types */"
>  .PP
> -.BI "int io_setup(unsigned " nr_events ", aio_context_t *" ctx_idp );
> +.BI "long io_setup(unsigned " nr_events ", aio_context_t *" ctx_idp );
>  .fi
>  .PP
>  .IR Note :
> 


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