Re: aio manuals

["Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 1:44 AM, Jeff Moyer <jmoyer-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:
>
>> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 9:29 PM, Cyril Hrubis <chrubis-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>> Hi!
>>>> > > So should we settle for memset()? I could update send updated patch
>>>> > > then.
>>>> >
>>>> > Yeah, memset is what I typically have done.
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> Here comes updated patch.
>>>
>>> I've checked the latest man pages git and these changes aren't there
>>> yet. Any comments?
>>
>> So, I'm struggling. What is the relationship between the io_*()
>> functions in libaio and the io_*() syscalls?
>
> The io_* library calls are wrappers around the system calls.  In some
> cases, the wrappers simply pass the arguments on to the system call.  In
> other cases, there is some work performed by the library.
>
>> The page was attempting to document the system calls, which use
>> aio_context_t structures,
>
> Well, aio_context_t is not a structure, it's just an unsigned long.
>
> I guess that we'll ultimately need the io_* syscalls documented in
> chapter 2, and the library function documented in chapter 3, right?

Jeff,

Quick question: where is the canonical home of libaio? It's not easy
to find. I'd like to ensure I'l looking at the latest sources, ideally
by pulling from a VCS.

Cheers,

Michael
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Author of "The Linux Programming Interface"; http://man7.org/tlpi/
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