From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Jon Grant <jg-hus3n9K41k0@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Michael Kerrisk
<mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: posix_memalign
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 08:11:24 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5226CF0C.5050908@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGc9EvdXthzgBYEV=zpq+POQypCN_ePs0g3tksz6jC71zBDr+Q-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
Hi Jon,
On 09/03/13 19:32, Jon Grant wrote:
> Hello
>
> I have a proposal to change the description on this page to be clearer:
> http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/posix_memalign.3.html
>
> Currently:
>
> "If size is 0, then
> posix_memalign() returns either NULL, or a unique pointer value that
> can later be successfully passed to free(3)."
>
> --As posix_memalign doesn't "return" the value, but places the address
> in *memptr I propose to change it to:
>
> "If size is 0, then
> posix_memalign() either places NULL in *memptr, or a unique pointer value that
> can later be successfully passed to free(3)."
By chance, someone else recently reported this (offlist), and I
made a change (commit 558f02dff03b5835d9f83f20b2056f38c6238a36).
Cheers,
Michael
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2013-09-03 17:32 posix_memalign Jon Grant
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2013-09-04 6:11 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) [this message]
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2013-09-04 22:13 ` posix_memalign Jonny Grant
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