Re: [RESEND][PATCH] sendfile.2: Fix description of the out_fd

On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Stefan Puiu [off-list ref] wrote:

HI,

On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Michael Kerrisk [off-list ref] wrote:
[...]

quoted

For 3.33 I applied a slightly modified version of you patch; see below.

Cheers,

Michael

--- a/man2/sendfile.2
+++ b/man2/sendfile.2

@@ -92,10 +92,14 @@ The

 argument must correspond to a file which supports
 .BR mmap (2)-like
 operations
-(i.e., it cannot be a socket);
-and
+(i.e., it cannot be a socket).
+In Linux kernels before 2.6.33,
 .I out_fd
 must refer to a socket.
+Since Linux 2.6.33 it can be any file.
+If it is a regular file, then
+.BR sendfile()
+changes the file offset offset appropriately.

You wrote 'offset' twice here, I guess it's a typo, unless I'm missing
something...

Thanks Stefan. Fixed now.

Cheers,

Michael


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Author of "The Linux Programming Interface"; http://man7.org/tlpi/
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