On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 9:36 PM, Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The description for this sytem call was a bit inaccurate. Cyril > still takes issue with my wording, so this is up for further > word-smithing, I think. I'm open to suggestions. Cyril, do you have any comment? Thanks, Michael > Signed-off-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > man2/io_cancel.2 | 8 ++++---- > 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/man2/io_cancel.2 b/man2/io_cancel.2 > index 0f974ed..6adddf3 100644 > --- a/man2/io_cancel.2 > +++ b/man2/io_cancel.2 > @@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ attempts to cancel an asynchronous I/O operation previously submitted with > .BR io_submit (2). > The > .I ctx_id > -argument is the AIO context ID of the operation to be canceled. > -If the AIO context is found, the event will be canceled and then copied > -into the memory pointed to by \fIresult\fP without being placed > -into the completion queue. > +argument is the AIO context ID into which the operation was submitted. > +If the operation is successfully canceled, the event will be copied into > +the memory pointed to by \fIresult\fP without being placed into the > +completion queue. > .SH RETURN VALUE > On success, > .BR io_cancel () > -- > 1.7.1 > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Author of "The Linux Programming Interface"; http://man7.org/tlpi/ -- 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