Re: [patch] recv.2: correct non-existent name msg_iovec

[Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>]

[-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1694 bytes --]

On 6/19/23 13:49, Rob Linden wrote:
> Hello Alejandro!

Hello Rob!

Sorry for the delay; I've been on vacation.  Please don't start new
threads for continuing an old one, as it makes it difficult to follow.
Is this just a resend of the previous patch?

Thanks,
Alex

> 
> I think there is a mistake on the manpage for recv. In the description of
> the flag MSG_ERRQUEUE it says that data is passed via "msg_iovec". This is
> probably referring to msg_iov in struct msghdr
> (from /usr/include/bits/socket.h). A "msg_iovec" doesn't seem to exist.
> Maybe it was spelled wrong because it's of type struct iovec.
> If it is indeed wrong then the following patch corrects it:
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rob Linden <rlinden@redhat.com>
> 
>  From 830a1b1233eb69bd8a4a64296581d094fb0edc46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: rokkbert <rokkbert@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2023 10:00:20 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] recv.2: field msg_iov in struct msghdr is wrongly called
>   msg_iovec. Corrected to msg_iov.
> 
> ---
>   man2/recv.2 | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man2/recv.2 b/man2/recv.2
> index 27d6d612c..62e43c9aa 100644
> --- a/man2/recv.2
> +++ b/man2/recv.2
> @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ and
>   for more information.
>   The payload of the original packet that caused the error
>   is passed as normal data via
> -.IR msg_iovec .
> +.IR msg_iov .
>   The original destination address of the datagram that caused the error
>   is supplied via
>   .IR msg_name .
> --
> 2.39.2
> 
> 
> All the best,
> rob
> 

-- 
<http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>
GPG key fingerprint: A9348594CE31283A826FBDD8D57633D441E25BB5


[-- Attachment #2: OpenPGP digital signature --]
[-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 833 bytes --]