Re: [PATCH] man/man2/sigaction.2: Update si_code list with Linux v6.16

[Thiago Jung Bauermann <thiago.bauermann@linaro.org>]

Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com> writes:

> On 9/2/25 11:08 PM, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote:
>> To be honest, my motivation to write this patch was just to fix the fact
>> that SEGV_CPERR was not mentioned. Then I noticed that other constants
>> were missing too, and thought it would be easy enough to add them as
>> well...
>
> Welcome to the rabbit hole! :-)

Thanks? :-)

>>>   (a) Adding the constants to C libraries in a conformant way.
>>>
>>>   (b) Cleaning up the UAPI header to be conforming and work with
>>>       the existing C libraries to include it indirectly.
>>>
>>>   (c) Cleaning up both headers to allow dual inclusion with
>>>       additional constants showing up as needed.
>>>
>>> In summary:
>>>
>>>   - This patch contains 2 constants that don't work today in a glibc-based
>>>     userspace.
>>>
>>>   - The existing man page documents 1 constants that doesn't work today
>>>     with the standard #include <signal.h>.
>> As you suggested (thanks!), I sent a patch to the glibc mailing list
>> adding the si_codes it's missing to its siginfo-conts.h header:
>> https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-alpha/20250903024151.3030839-1-thiago.bauermann@linaro.org/
>> If that one is accepted, hopefully this patch can go in?
>
> Yes, that works for me.

Just FYI to the people on this mailing list, the glibc patch was
committed today.

-- 
Thiago