Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2017-02-20

Re: [PATCH] sigprocmask.2: do not specify an exact value of rt_sigprocmask's 4th argument

From: walter harms <hidden>
Date: 2017-02-20 08:17:07


Am 19.02.2017 22:13, schrieb Dmitry V. Levin:
quoted hunk
As sizeof(kernel_sigset_t) is not the same for all architectures,
it would be better not to mention any numbers as its value.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry V. Levin <ldv-u2l5PoMzF/Vg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
---
 man2/sigprocmask.2 | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man2/sigprocmask.2 b/man2/sigprocmask.2
index 8388340..6379a4d 100644
--- a/man2/sigprocmask.2
+++ b/man2/sigprocmask.2
@@ -202,10 +202,11 @@ which specifies the size in bytes of the signal sets in
 .IR set
 and
 .IR oldset .
-This argument is currently required to have the value 8
-(
-.IR sizeof(kernel_sigset_t)
-).
+This argument is currently required to have a fixed value
+(equal to
+.IR sizeof(kernel_sigset_t) ).
+.\" sizeof(kernel_sigset_t) == _NSIG / 8,
+.\" which equals to 8 on most architectures, but e.g. on MIPS it's 16.
 
 The glibc
 .BR sigprocmask ()

why not add this information like:
Note: sizeof(kernel_sigset_t) is not the same for all architectures

re,
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