Hello Nicholas, On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 3:13 AM, Nicholas Hunt <nhunt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > This patch fixes the type of msg_controllen in the struct msghdr > definition given in send.2 and recv.2 to match the definition in glibc > and the kernel. Applies cleanly to the current head of git (sha hash: > 55d56b71...). This was already a know issue, see http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2448 See also the NOTES on each page. However, your patch is probably still a good idea. I applied it for man-pages 2.26. Thanks, Michael > -Nick > > diff --git a/man2/recv.2 b/man2/recv.2 > index 9431b5c..d5eaf33 100644 > --- a/man2/recv.2 > +++ b/man2/recv.2 > @@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ struct msghdr { > struct iovec *msg_iov; /* scatter/gather array */ > size_t msg_iovlen; /* # elements in msg_iov */ > void *msg_control; /* ancillary data, see below */ > - socklen_t msg_controllen; /* ancillary data buffer len */ > + size_t msg_controllen; /* ancillary data buffer len */ > int msg_flags; /* flags on received message */ > }; > .fi > diff --git a/man2/send.2 b/man2/send.2 > index c99b77a..c9e76b0 100644 > --- a/man2/send.2 > +++ b/man2/send.2 > @@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ struct msghdr { > struct iovec *msg_iov; /* scatter/gather array */ > size_t msg_iovlen; /* # elements in msg_iov */ > void *msg_control; /* ancillary data, see below */ > - socklen_t msg_controllen; /* ancillary data buffer len */ > + size_t msg_controllen; /* ancillary data buffer len */ > int msg_flags; /* flags on received message */ > }; > .fi > > -- > Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington > E-mail : nhunt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > PGP Key : http://students.washington.edu/nhunt/cs.asc > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Author of "The Linux Programming Interface" http://blog.man7.org/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
