Re: aio manuals

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Hi!
> > The io_* manuals says that we should use aio_context_t as type for aio
> > handle. That is wrong as the functions are defined with io_context_t
> > (libaio.h). Patch attached.
> >
> > The only oustanding issue is that manual for io_setup says that we must
> > set the io_context_t to 0 before use. And as the io_context_t is defined
> > as opaque type (and it's defined as pointer now) the only way to
> > initalize it without warnigs is memset(&ctxp, 0, sizeof(ctxp));. Perhaps
> > this is not needed at all, as the ctpx is passed to the syscall and then
> > initalized in the kernel (at least I haven't seem any checks in the
> > codepath).
> 
> There are checks in place for this, so the man page should not change in
> that regard.

So should we settle for memset()? I could update send updated patch
then.

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Cyril Hrubis
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