Re: [PATCH 3/9] system_data_types.7: Document sigevent

Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-09-18T21:09:14Z

Hello Alex,

On 9/18/20 7:04 PM, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com>
> ---
> man7/system_data_types.7 | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Thanks, Alex. Patch applied. I added a line re description,
deferring to sigevent(7).

Cheers,

Michael

> diff --git a/man7/system_data_types.7 b/man7/system_data_types.7
> index 48871e4eb..53c289e31 100644
> --- a/man7/system_data_types.7
> +++ b/man7/system_data_types.7
> @@ -133,6 +133,51 @@ and
> .I ssize_t
> types in this page.
> .TP
> +.I sigevent
> +.IP
> +Include:
> +.IR <signal.h> ;
> +or
> +.I <aio.h>
> +or
> +.I <mqueue.h>
> +or
> +.IR <time.h> .
> +.IP
> +.EX
> +struct sigevent {
> + int sigev_notify; /* Notification type */
> + int sigev_signo; /* Signal number */
> + union sigval sigev_value; /* Signal value */
> + void (*sigev_notify_function)(union sigval);
> + /* Notification function */
> + pthread_attr_t *sigev_notify_attributes;
> + /* Notification attributes */
> +};
> +.EE
> +.\".IP
> +.\" FIXME: Add a description?
> +.IP
> +Conforming to: POSIX.1-2001 and later.
> +.IP
> +Notes:
> +.I <aio.h>
> +and
> +.I <time.h>
> +define
> +.I sigevent
> +since POSIX.1-2008.
> +.IP
> +See also:
> +.BR timer_create (2),
> +.BR getaddrinfo_a (3),
> +.BR lio_listio (3),
> +.BR mq_notify (3)
> +.\".IP
> +.\"See also the
> +.\".I aiocb FIXME
> +.\"structure in this page.
> +.TP
> .I sigval
> .IP
> Include:
> @@ -153,12 +198,14 @@ See also:
> .BR pthread_sigqueue (3),
> .BR sigqueue (3),
> .BR sigevent (7)
> -.\".IP
> -.\"See also the
> -.\".I sigevent FIXME
> -.\"structure and the
> +.IP
> +See also the
> +.I sigevent
> +structure
> +.\"and the
> .\".I siginfo_t FIXME
> -.\"type in this page.
> +.\"type
> +in this page.
> .TP
> .I size_t
> .IP
>

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