https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=86001 Bug ID: 86001 Summary: Errors in sendfile man page Product: Documentation Version: unspecified Hardware: All OS: Linux Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P1 Component: man-pages Assignee: documentation_man-pages@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Reporter: safinaskar@xxxxxxx Regression: No Current "man sendfile" (git commit 36ad6ae0b4b6252a921a91dbd785de8fd88a364b) from kernel man pages contradicts to itself. The section "DESCRIPTION" says: "In Linux kernels before 2.6.33, out_fd must refer to a socket. Since Linux 2.6.33 it can be any file", and AFAIK this is right current info. But the section "NOTES" says: "In Linux 2.4 and earlier, out_fd could also refer to a regular file" and this confuses. Also, the "NOTES" says: "The Linux-specific splice(2) call supports transferring data between arbitrary files (e.g., a pair of sockets)". This is wrong, because one splice call cannot splice together two sockets. So, please fix the man. Probably you should double-check whole man and make sure that whole man is up-to-date -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching the assignee of the bug. -- 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
