As sizeof(kernel_sigset_t) is not the same for all architectures, it would be better not to mention any numbers as its value. Signed-off-by: Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- v2: mention that sizeof(kernel_sigset_t) is architecture specific. man2/sigprocmask.2 | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/sigprocmask.2 b/man2/sigprocmask.2 index 8388340..499fd0c 100644 --- a/man2/sigprocmask.2 +++ b/man2/sigprocmask.2 @@ -202,10 +202,11 @@ which specifies the size in bytes of the signal sets in .IR set and .IR oldset . -This argument is currently required to have the value 8 -( -.IR sizeof(kernel_sigset_t) -). +This argument is currently required to have a fixed architecture specific value +(equal to +.IR sizeof(kernel_sigset_t) ). +.\" sizeof(kernel_sigset_t) == _NSIG / 8, +.\" which equals to 8 on most architectures, but e.g. on MIPS it's 16. The glibc .BR sigprocmask () -- ldv -- 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
