Hi Joseph,
On 4/26/21 7:19 PM, Joseph Myers wrote:
On Sat, 24 Apr 2021, Alejandro Colomar via Libc-alpha wrote:
Some pages also document attributes, using GNU syntax
'__attribute__((xxx))'. Update those to use the shorter and more
portable C2x syntax, which hasn't been standardized yet, but i
On Sat, 24 Apr 2021, Alejandro Colomar via Libc-alpha wrote:
> Some pages also document attributes, using GNU syntax
> '__attribute__((xxx))'. Update those to use the shorter and more
> portable C2x syntax, which hasn't been standardized yet, but is
> already implemented in GCC, and available thr
From: Zack Weinberg
> Sent: 25 April 2021 20:17
>
> On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 4:43 PM David Laight via Libc-alpha
> wrote:
> > From: Alexei Starovoitov
> > > On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 4:15 PM Alejandro Colomar
> > > wrote:
> ...
> > > > Some pages also document attributes, using GNU syntax
> > > >
On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 4:43 PM David Laight via Libc-alpha
wrote:
> From: Alexei Starovoitov
> > On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 4:15 PM Alejandro Colomar
> > wrote:
...
> > > Some pages also document attributes, using GNU syntax
> > > '__attribute__((xxx))'. Update those to use the shorter and more
>
On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 12:52 PM Alexei Starovoitov via Libc-alpha
wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 10:56 AM Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Alexei,
> >
> > On 4/24/21 1:20 AM, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> > > Nack.
> > > The man page should describe the kernel api the way it
On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 10:56 AM Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
wrote:
>
> Hello Alexei,
>
> On 4/24/21 1:20 AM, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> > Nack.
> > The man page should describe the kernel api the way it is in .h file.
>
> Why?
Because man page must describe the linux uapi headers the way they
From: Alexei Starovoitov
> Sent: 24 April 2021 00:20
>
> On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 4:15 PM Alejandro Colomar
> wrote:
> >
> > Some manual pages are already using C99 syntax for integral
> > types 'uint32_t', but some aren't. There are some using kernel
> > syntax '__u32'. Fix those.
> >
> > Some
Hello Alexei,
On 4/24/21 1:20 AM, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
Nack.
The man page should describe the kernel api the way it is in .h file.
Why?
When glibc uses __size_t (or any other non-standard types) just because
the standard doesn't allow it to define some types in some specific
header, th
On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 4:15 PM Alejandro Colomar
wrote:
>
> Some manual pages are already using C99 syntax for integral
> types 'uint32_t', but some aren't. There are some using kernel
> syntax '__u32'. Fix those.
>
> Some pages also document attributes, using GNU syntax
> '__attribute__((xxx))
