The kernel syscall uses 'loff_t', but the glibc wrapper uses 'off64_t'. Let's document the wrapper prototype, as in other pages. ...... .../glibc$ grep_glibc_prototype splice sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/fcntl-linux.h:398: extern __ssize_t splice (int __fdin, __off64_t *__offin, int __fdout, __off64_t *__offout, size_t __len, unsigned int __flags); .../glibc$ Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> --- man2/splice.2 | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/splice.2 b/man2/splice.2 index 6e9029281..d07639810 100644 --- a/man2/splice.2 +++ b/man2/splice.2 @@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ splice \- splice data to/from a pipe .BR "#define _GNU_SOURCE" " /* See feature_test_macros(7) */" .B #include <fcntl.h> .PP -.BI "ssize_t splice(int " fd_in ", loff_t *" off_in ", int " fd_out , -.BI " loff_t *" off_out ", size_t " len \ +.BI "ssize_t splice(int " fd_in ", off64_t *" off_in ", int " fd_out , +.BI " off64_t *" off_out ", size_t " len \ ", unsigned int " flags ); .\" Return type was long before glibc 2.7 .fi -- 2.30.0
