Re: [PATCH v2] man3/sem_post.3: clarify EOVERFLOW error
From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Date: 2025-08-18 04:54:29
Hi Alex, On Sun, Aug 17, 2025 at 09:25:58PM -0700, Alex Tran wrote:
Changelog: Clarified SEM_VALUE_MAX in EOVERFLOW description, per reviewer comments See: <https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=219335> Signed-off-by: Alex Tran <redacted>
Thanks! I've applied the patch. <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/src/alx/linux/man-pages/man-pages.git/commit/?h=contrib&id=efd23b5344233a0d25bd38fb125955e4a18a0719> Cheers, Alex
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--- man/man3/sem_post.3 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)diff --git a/man/man3/sem_post.3 b/man/man3/sem_post.3 index 1df132c89..ce2356f1d 100644 --- a/man/man3/sem_post.3 +++ b/man/man3/sem_post.3@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ is not a valid semaphore. .TP .B EOVERFLOW .\" Added in POSIX.1-2008 TC1 (Austin Interpretation 213) -The maximum allowable value for a semaphore would be exceeded. +The value would exceed SEM_VALUE_MAX. .SH ATTRIBUTES For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see .BR attributes (7).-- 2.34.1
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