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From: Alexander Holler <holler-SXC+2es9fhnfWeYVQQPykw@public.gmane.org>
To: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
Cc: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: aio_return(3): misleading RETURN VALUE
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 09:03:38 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5509315A.1040103@ahsoftware.de> (raw)

Hello,

I've just typed in the following commit message:

--
The man page was misleading and I must have had a bad moment 
mechanically coding what the man page says without thinking about it.
So I seem to have assumed that aio_return() might return EINVAL which 
can't be the case. In fact the error is returned in errno which isn't 
mentioned by the Linux man page for aio_return.
--

I suggest to use the same wording as in write(2) in the paragraph RETURN 
VALUE:

"On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately."

I've verified it by looking at the source for aio_return of glibc.

Regards,

Alexander Holler
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             reply	other threads:[~2015-03-18  8:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-03-18  8:03 Alexander Holler [this message]
     [not found] ` <5509315A.1040103-SXC+2es9fhnfWeYVQQPykw@public.gmane.org>
2015-03-18 12:14   ` aio_return(3): misleading RETURN VALUE Stéphane Aulery
     [not found]     ` <20150318121446.GA5160-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
2015-03-18 19:21       ` Alexander Holler
     [not found]         ` <5509D038.7020907-SXC+2es9fhnfWeYVQQPykw@public.gmane.org>
2015-03-18 19:57           ` Stéphane Aulery
2015-03-18 19:51   ` [PATCH] aio_return.3: Specifies the return values for errors Stéphane Aulery
     [not found]     ` <1426708273-9475-1-git-send-email-saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
2015-03-22 15:19       ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)

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