Both POSIX and glibc use 'restrict' in lio_listio(). However, POSIX is a bit more restrictive than glibc for the second parameter. Let's document the more restrictive POSIX variant. $ man 3p lio_listio |sed -n '/^SYNOPSIS/,/;/p' SYNOPSIS #include <aio.h> int lio_listio(int mode, struct aiocb *restrict const list[restrict], int nent, struct sigevent *restrict sig); $ .../glibc$ grep_glibc_prototype lio_listio rt/aio.h:148: extern int lio_listio (int __mode, struct aiocb *const __list[__restrict_arr], int __nent, struct sigevent *__restrict __sig) __THROW __nonnull ((2)); .../glibc$ Cc: Szabolcs Nagy <Szabolcs.Nagy@xxxxxxx> Cc: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Florian Weimer <fweimer@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: glibc <libc-alpha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Bug: glibc <https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16747> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> --- man3/lio_listio.3 | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man3/lio_listio.3 b/man3/lio_listio.3 index d89670f7c..d40ac89fb 100644 --- a/man3/lio_listio.3 +++ b/man3/lio_listio.3 @@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ lio_listio \- initiate a list of I/O requests .nf .B "#include <aio.h>" .PP -.BI "int lio_listio(int " mode ", struct aiocb *const " aiocb_list [], -.BI " int " nitems ", struct sigevent *" sevp ); +.BI "int lio_listio(int " mode ", struct aiocb *restrict const " aiocb_list [restrict], +.BI " int " nitems ", struct sigevent *restrict " sevp ); .PP Link with \fI\-lrt\fP. .fi -- 2.30.1.721.g45526154a5