linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched_setattr.2: Remove a const attribute

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Message-ID: <55B09A67.7090808@gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 23 Jul 2015 09:40:23 +0200
From:	"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
To:	Julian Orth <ju.orth@...il.com>
CC:	mtk.manpages@...il.com, linux-man@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched_setattr.2: Remove a const attribute

Hello Julian,

On 06/09/2015 02:11 PM, Julian Orth wrote:
> The attr argument of sched_setattr was documented as const but the
> kernel will modify the size field of this struct if it contains an
> invalid value. See the documentation of the size field for details.

Thanks! Patch applied.

Cheers,

Michael


> ---
>  man2/sched_setattr.2 | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man2/sched_setattr.2 b/man2/sched_setattr.2
> index dff8e6d..df14ab4 100644
> --- a/man2/sched_setattr.2
> +++ b/man2/sched_setattr.2
> @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ set and get scheduling policy and attributes
>  .nf
>  .B #include <sched.h>
>  
> -.BI "int sched_setattr(pid_t " pid ", const struct sched_attr *" attr ,
> +.BI "int sched_setattr(pid_t " pid ", struct sched_attr *" attr ,
>  .BI "                  unsigned int " flags );
>  
>  .BI "int sched_getattr(pid_t " pid ", struct sched_attr *" attr ,



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