Hello Alex, On 2/18/21 11:33 PM, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > POSIX does NOT specify aio_suspend() to use 'restrict'. > However, glibc uses 'restrict'. > Users might be surprised by this! Let's use it here too! Thanks for spotting this. Perhaps if we apply this, the patch should include something in CONFORMING TO to note that POSIX doesn't specify 'restrict'. What do you think? Cheers, Michael > ...... > > .../glibc$ grep_glibc_prototype aio_suspend > rt/aio.h:167: > extern int aio_suspend (const struct aiocb *const __list[], int __nent, > const struct timespec *__restrict __timeout) > __nonnull ((1)); > .../glibc$ > > Cc: libc-alpha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > > Hello Michael, > > I sent this patch separately because it's a bit different, > and would like someone from glibc to check it. > I CCd Ulrich, who added 'restrict' to the function in glibc. > > Thanks, > > Alex > > --- > man3/aio_suspend.3 | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/man3/aio_suspend.3 b/man3/aio_suspend.3 > index 76a05f48e..dcae51e1c 100644 > --- a/man3/aio_suspend.3 > +++ b/man3/aio_suspend.3 > @@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ aio_suspend \- wait for asynchronous I/O operation or timeout > .B "#include <aio.h>" > .PP > .BI "int aio_suspend(const struct aiocb * const " aiocb_list [], > -.BI " int " nitems ", const struct timespec *" timeout ); > +.BI " int " nitems \ > +", const struct timespec *restrict " timeout ); > .PP > Link with \fI\-lrt\fP. > .fi > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
