Fwd: exit: Bug reporting
From: Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) <hidden>
Date: 2021-02-20 09:31:02
Possibly related (same subject, not in this thread)
- 2021-02-20 · Re: exit: Bug reporting · Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <hidden>
From: Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) <hidden>
Date: 2021-02-20 09:31:02
I'll forward these 2 mails to the mailing list (and Michael (mtk) too; maybe he can correct me). I'll answer in a reply to this email. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Bug reporting Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2021 08:09:50 +0300 From: Dave Chupreev <redacted> To: alx.manpages@gmail.com <redacted> Hello, Alejandro. Pages this <https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/dir_section_2.html> and this <https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/syscalls.2.html> have different count of 'exit' calls, 4 and 2 respectively. According to these pages (<https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/v5.11/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl>, <https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/v5.11/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl>), there are only 2 system calls containing 'exit' - *exit* and *exit_group*. So it seems '_Exit' and '_exit' are redundant here <https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/dir_section_2.html>. Please correct me if I am wrong. Thanks in advance! -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Bug reporting Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2021 08:18:56 +0300 From: Dave Chupreev <redacted> To: alx.manpages@gmail.com <redacted> Hello, Alejandro. Entry exit(2) on this <https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/dir_section_2.html> page directs to page with _exit(2) in the header. According to these pages (<https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/v5.11/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl>, <https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/v5.11/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl>), system call itself is called *exit* so it would be nice to fix the header to avoid the confusion. Please correct me if I am wrong. Thanks in advance!