typo in man pthread_sigqueue

typo in man pthread_sigqueue

[Andrew Hunter]

The type of pthread_sigqueue is reported in the manpage (both online
and in any package I can find) as

       int pthread_sigqueue(pthread_t *thread, int sig,
                            const union sigval value);

I believe this is incorrect; thread is a pthread_t, not a pthread_t*.
This can be easily verified by looking at the source:
http://www.eglibc.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/trunk/libc/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pthread_sigqueue.c?view=markup

(Or just by noting that throughout pthreads, pthread_ts are passed by
value.  The only other pthread_t * that comes to mind is the one
initialized by pthread_create.)

I'd send a patch myself but I'm not clear where the manpages sources
are and don't have time to go searching right now--my apologies.
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Re: typo in man pthread_sigqueue

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

On 12.09.2013 23:40, Andrew Hunter wrote:
> The type of pthread_sigqueue is reported in the manpage (both online
> and in any package I can find) as
> 
>        int pthread_sigqueue(pthread_t *thread, int sig,
>                             const union sigval value);
> 
> I believe this is incorrect; thread is a pthread_t, not a pthread_t*.
> This can be easily verified by looking at the source:
> http://www.eglibc.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/trunk/libc/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pthread_sigqueue.c?view=markup
> 
> (Or just by noting that throughout pthreads, pthread_ts are passed by
> value.  The only other pthread_t * that comes to mind is the one
> initialized by pthread_create.)
> 
> I'd send a patch myself but I'm not clear where the manpages sources
> are and don't have time to go searching right now--my apologies.

Thanks for the report, Andrew. Fixed now.

Cheers,

Michael

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