From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 95946307AC6 for ; Thu, 9 Apr 2026 19:49:07 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1775764147; cv=none; b=OhBSkaTv6zLcFCwdI6WPk6Rexw1dcYnvHf8MeenS+N5SQCyjhmDCmhfomhlrPvXF4ySV7NwLOgK+otlT7oREBr5a38vcrAJcNAVnM4rNmElYAHR38LoSJli0Nkgx93T9/SJPIwT2ENplApFebwSpz8Rfwi9SaWPccYD0avfzav4= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1775764147; c=relaxed/simple; bh=vSNdi9fczniKYFRVIOE5Usuql70CEyLsdtbPjkpIB1Q=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=ZW9KZvJvqjYnO2vbxOE0UPIjsvZ/U266i8Mn3OySG8svvnJc8mg5zbVVRhakZWW35b877hAz23W9hQLsk+tzbe74AjAL2/HnGsqQEOTiq2gerQ6Jxtmk0p0gHcDs7AH+uRcb4aAnQZ0ZUX5cQIO4E9kLHqSqTxFh2JJLlVmMCLs= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=hiOqnU66; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="hiOqnU66" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 13849C4CEF7; Thu, 9 Apr 2026 19:49:05 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1775764147; bh=vSNdi9fczniKYFRVIOE5Usuql70CEyLsdtbPjkpIB1Q=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=hiOqnU667Z1/zKLTmgSMt9VzBso5ABbqtEbirAvDHCYhp9khjl5akXdq1qtxU5xvw xVqIveLB0hLueIQF5+kxEwcgFsmdUX2k/+gb1UCRtMU+FPfl7M1bDmialwHeBwRLU5 154CZ5jtR0YApo30pLtHsnQxh0tQIWWV4zJZLtIb6vg8p7PYkt8VqlVyGJeJnFMP6+ qX/J2CjTiJ7KrCVN7gCi4NyAQm2nr8F1dYwYEpXP0NOB6o46cuRCJ8pSu6JKQflY7T hXb1w5cfvY+EwtL4vvpwoDVcslfQu5+T8d27zclfnk6AkZ0tihNREuOkCcJGVifs74 dgNCXcQG7DCFg== Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 21:49:02 +0200 From: Alejandro Colomar To: GIquadrat Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: bug in signature of getnameinfo() Message-ID: References: <280D0348-17CF-4A16-87BC-18D884101324@gi2.de> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="fsbyhodwxrod325n" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <280D0348-17CF-4A16-87BC-18D884101324@gi2.de> --fsbyhodwxrod325n Content-Type: text/plain; protected-headers=v1; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Alejandro Colomar To: GIquadrat Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: bug in signature of getnameinfo() Message-ID: References: <280D0348-17CF-4A16-87BC-18D884101324@gi2.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <280D0348-17CF-4A16-87BC-18D884101324@gi2.de> Hi Thorsten, On 2026-04-09T16:42:27+0200, GIquadrat wrote: > Hi, >=20 > https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/getnameinfo.3.html >=20 > shows a strange signature of getnameinfo: >=20 > int getnameinfo(socklen_t hostlen, socklen_t servlen; > const struct sockaddr *restrict addr, socklen_t ad= drlen, > char host[_Nullable restrict hostlen], > socklen_t hostlen, > char serv[_Nullable restrict servlen], > socklen_t servlen, > int flags); That's fine. You could try compiling it and you'll see it works as it should. Just ignore everything before the ';' within the parameter list (those are forward declarations of parameters). That's documented in . Have a lovely night! Alex >=20 > Best regards > Torsten --=20 --fsbyhodwxrod325n Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCgAdFiEES7Jt9u9GbmlWADAi64mZXMKQwqkFAmnYAqgACgkQ64mZXMKQ wqksbxAAtmrdOIM40eE50eJ6UuXQtXB/dC1EhN3QSVz4OVlP56xKg/JDkM3mfdJS HhGn/cRFDASAyesjESZzuZxf3QvFYLPiSAVk8VnVASjRcyh8pyYJBQwwXH0Jj84/ BDiDj/sUsNttyzcwkQt8DMG8oChSpr9WnNBuJntoLaGVtI16t0PWLAYS/mpfHhrD aP6kGK/NKtAsPjW1688OyOw8zEHj8bj/ZddlzNKqj3RqeOkRLoZ11JmjHFkaOGzN +G8XYUuoM+7dVSPjn7xiezl6BFvAbnR9mrcpMQ7OdYv/wz99r8vOuYkEbTJPSNcQ 7dzW7+vzCudRObi3l3MKDI+iUkVLxKcHemLfQrTVshZK5+TRaxxreAAEetS/GsnU maG2Ch5aGoLwkxfzEzuzC+mI0MlV445uGPlL0hRvYZodjo3oKGIauToiVGxzpZYa QadTXQABw9NMxUrI1/BXRAWuKmhmPfQVczI/akNN2s+DCPR6YBDzXwHKmAsWyEoc ZEokwPZgoRGIVc/niab0CeBuO8Oqw3VzzvTLoI5ysmLar1X/UaH+xoWDApxTaHB6 PS/1fLXZRg9coVcM0HPdhoGUIVzGkVSp6S9kJyE2kswX8X+0ZlXhuXI0rbeIIHoo S5jj5PIXX0gL9T2ZSLz1ro82dSmKrGMA8U1SWElwAOG6rYD31bY= =TzUt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --fsbyhodwxrod325n--