"Michael Kerrisk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Jeff,
>
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:46 PM, Jeff Moyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> "Michael Kerrisk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>>> Jeff,
>>>
>>> veering off a little...
>>>
>>> Why are there some .1 (*not* .2) pages in the libaio tree for these
>>> system calls?  Most of the pages are just stubs, but io_submit looks
>>> to have useful information.
>>
>> I have no idea.  The only log entry in CVS for those files is:
>>
>> libaio-0.4.0 targetted changes
>>
>> The man pages are not part of the top-level install target, so at least
>> they've never been unleashed on the world.
>
> Could you take a look at the io_submit.1 page in the libaio package,
> and compare it to the io_submit.2 in man-pages
> (http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man2/io_submit.2.html
> ).  The libaio page mentions details that aren't in the man-pages.  Is
> there some content in the former that should be moved to the latter?

Yes, the description of the iocb structure is pertinent.  Also, your man
page seems to use "I/O request block" for iocb.  Why don't you use I/O
control block?

Cheers,

Jeff

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