From: Rick Stanley <rstanley@rsiny.com>
To: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Errors in two Section 3 functions
Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2025 10:47:47 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d167e81b58255fb1e3bf068adc146e7a461981bb.camel@rsiny.com> (raw)
Hello!
I have noticed two errors for memmove() and memcpy().
memmove():
man7.org:
"void *memmove(size_t n;
void dest[n], const void src[n], size_t n);"
string.h:
"extern void *memmove (void *__dest, const void *__src, size_t __n)"
(Leaving off the __THROW text)
memcpy()
man7.org:
"void *memcpy(size_t n;
void dest[restrict n], const void src[restrict n],
size_t n);"
string.h:
"extern void *memccpy (void *__restrict __dest, const void *__restrict
__src, int __c, size_t __n)"
The issue in both is:
"memmove(size_t n;"
"memcpy(size_t n;"
IMHO on man7.org, they should read:
"void *memmove(void dest[n], const void src[n], size_t n);"
"void *memcpy(void dest[restrict n], const void src[restrict n],
size_t n);"
Thanks!
Rick
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2025-11-02 15:47 Rick Stanley [this message]
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