Hello Alyssa, On 7/3/20 3:25 AM, Alyssa Ross wrote: > msg_iovlen is incorrectly typed (according to POSIX) in addition to > msg_controllen, but unlike msg_controllen, this wasn't mentioned for > msg_iovlen. > > msg_iovlen being incorrectly typed hasn't been reported as a GCC bug, > but there's no point since it is caused by the same underlying issue. > > Sources: POSIX.1-2017 (<sys/socket.h>), Linux (include/linux/socket.h) > > Signed-off-by: Alyssa Ross <hi@xxxxxxxxx> Thanks. Patch applied. Cheers, Michael > --- > man2/recv.2 | 13 +++++++++---- > man2/send.2 | 13 +++++++++---- > 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/man2/recv.2 b/man2/recv.2 > index 78ae86e52..7c4b70c7a 100644 > --- a/man2/recv.2 > +++ b/man2/recv.2 > @@ -533,13 +533,18 @@ field of the > .I msghdr > structure should be typed as > .IR socklen_t , > -but glibc currently types it as > +and the > +.I msg_iovlen > +field should be typed as > +.IR int , > +but glibc currently types both as > .IR size_t . > -.\" glibc bug raised 12 Mar 2006 > +.\" glibc bug for msg_controllen raised 12 Mar 2006 > .\" http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2448 > .\" The problem is an underlying kernel issue: the size of the > -.\" __kernel_size_t type used to type this field varies > -.\" across architectures, but socklen_t is always 32 bits. > +.\" __kernel_size_t type used to type these fields varies > +.\" across architectures, but socklen_t is always 32 bits, > +.\" as (at least with GCC) is int. > .PP > See > .BR recvmmsg (2) > diff --git a/man2/send.2 b/man2/send.2 > index 0dd35d783..de224b307 100644 > --- a/man2/send.2 > +++ b/man2/send.2 > @@ -441,13 +441,18 @@ field of the > .I msghdr > structure should be typed as > .IR socklen_t , > -but glibc currently types it as > +and the > +.I msg_iovlen > +field should be typed as > +.IR int , > +but glibc currently types both as > .IR size_t . > -.\" glibc bug raised 12 Mar 2006 > +.\" glibc bug for msg_controllen raised 12 Mar 2006 > .\" http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2448 > .\" The problem is an underlying kernel issue: the size of the > -.\" __kernel_size_t type used to type this field varies > -.\" across architectures, but socklen_t is always 32 bits. > +.\" __kernel_size_t type used to type these fields varies > +.\" across architectures, but socklen_t is always 32 bits, > +.\" as (at least with GCC) is int. > .PP > See > .BR sendmmsg (2) > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
