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:
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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, wh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html