Hi Jeff, On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 9:10 PM, Jeff Moyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "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.
Thanks. I'll have a shot at integrating that text. > Also, your man page seems to use "I/O request block" for iocb. > Why don't you use I/O control block? I didn't write these pages, and I haven't given them a whole lot of love in the time I've been maintainer. This thread prompted me to give them a closer look. Your suggestion of course makes sense, and I fixed that in io_submit.2. Cheers, Michael > > Cheers, > > Jeff > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ man-pages online: http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online_pages.html Found a bug? http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Ltp-list mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltp-list
