Hi! > > 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? It is no big deal but I think that the sentence could be a little clearer with explicitly stating that the ctx_id is aio context and the iocb describes the operation to be canceled. Something like: The .I iocb describes the operation to be canceled and the .I ctx_id is aio context the operation was submitted to. > > 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/ -- Cyril Hrubis chrubis@xxxxxxx -- 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
