From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5932EC433E0 for ; Sat, 13 Mar 2021 04:12:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1822564F60 for ; Sat, 13 Mar 2021 04:12:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231597AbhCMEM0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Mar 2021 23:12:26 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:38606 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232230AbhCMEL7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Mar 2021 23:11:59 -0500 Received: from mail-pf1-x436.google.com (mail-pf1-x436.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::436]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0941FC061574 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2021 20:11:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-pf1-x436.google.com with SMTP id e26so3186869pfd.9 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2021 20:11:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to; bh=qWiDq4jSRZR7wAW3oewbbRaNjxqrB2E2+avnA0lFAqE=; b=EAmxMLttqCPunIPR4apDgwX/yc2+VLKn/dJkv36ZGLnxIhqZx6+nWR8UKznLd4ajIp Z7w2JzY3lyOZ4dFIuOl882ssSm29iOiXURVJjz9hygwkZA3Veonx3L8S1vS5CgYJf4Sx HQT02MamANd+fORqlDGn7fo6rIdsXiklOOec4d3cUvAmb4T84sXfz7IEkd0+piyPDzL9 s82OhaoLMbnQhJRRp1Z/RPTHSy83p/lvPwdLz3/O6LTuzwNj/Z8KMyvyV1osfQrhHW6j t9fQbwwE3HVEYGQzow6LnEHowF0aolNFsGiXcWPOYv4rkXA7GsfYOfpRq+g0tzYcH6AJ aFNQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to; bh=qWiDq4jSRZR7wAW3oewbbRaNjxqrB2E2+avnA0lFAqE=; b=G3kqIJZ8vFu0I+r4pDzUVvQVrq2TOtGB3j6FCRl+6U/Fwz7V1+52FqlUAL3egeiDl1 fuBoYMSq7MMvjNYoY6ejwwRB4ggBEcYfbPuXg3wWH8LFw0vHyB50CNdFT9DcLmuAvIRi /FcEFle+l3xzWuQYuE6kdKjJBEfWWGZC3ViPYvZoQhpI16RLFksPS4bYuqAV2XUpTVnt 96d6JCBJMWxB9rfWytiV41R/mYXTv0p6TiiA6RJvFOS407B07UsXaOIcIbzWqWDvJVCm aWeIC59aLZul3nmDzmRj82d7QHuxSmxauvL7pkE5LRN0U38iBHc5u08pkGLDsw+Vbq2l CqIQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5311rkRVUqz+WClm0cBN/xnUlOQdyztQBJfj/8QWhHA8YjnTnswh ZAndYx+9ycnXKc+H4ksEFAs= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJz7GNXwLEQw8DI+x/uIadC40fMgXyJ6XjKBSq3Mvdu+b6U5cb5dUoi1uHWw7JMs+YE3aUbxgg== X-Received: by 2002:a63:a54f:: with SMTP id r15mr14563110pgu.430.1615608718273; Fri, 12 Mar 2021 20:11:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from google.com ([2620:15c:2ce:200:a1e7:6707:cbf6:696d]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id g22sm3347010pju.30.2021.03.12.20.11.57 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 12 Mar 2021 20:11:57 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2021 20:11:55 -0800 From: Jonathan Nieder To: Alejandro Colomar Cc: mtk.manpages@gmail.com, linux-man@vger.kernel.org, libc-alpha@sourceware.org, Heinrich Schuchardt Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/17] man3: SYNOPSIS: Use 'restrict' in prototypes Message-ID: References: <20210311223330.722437-1-alx.manpages@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20210311223330.722437-1-alx.manpages@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Hi, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > This fixes the remaining pages. With this, all pages have been fixed to use > 'restrict'. Probably the context for this came earlier, but I didn't see it in the commit message, I figure I should ask: What is the benefit of getting this right for a human reader? Does knowing which pointer arguments can't alias help them in tracking down some bugs, for example? Or is it going to help them in some other way? Thanks, Jonathan