From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F936C2BA12 for ; Thu, 2 Apr 2020 20:12:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36F76208E0 for ; Thu, 2 Apr 2020 20:12:40 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="lOyEmfuM" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2388242AbgDBUMj (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Apr 2020 16:12:39 -0400 Received: from mail-ed1-f68.google.com ([209.85.208.68]:37221 "EHLO mail-ed1-f68.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729123AbgDBUMj (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Apr 2020 16:12:39 -0400 Received: by mail-ed1-f68.google.com with SMTP id de14so6078612edb.4; Thu, 02 Apr 2020 13:12:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:reply-to:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc; bh=T+mdDv2o4qw148SQ2RO/8yaxT59TE2MvJ+X7iPWLruI=; b=lOyEmfuMgu4nM2UlmIJ05f6ya3kVrmsClUpyXI8lhqdQZJoQcghsYH9A17QrubZoVo ouLpQrNQyewYo0Hgmstep4GZ9aydLdwjDmSIqltbhR4JRTl3+UXpSs+duJ9STlste8vv zv3sDv2NWzAGUCEDbEgPz4l1HISFyqbnslCd3jx4dOzG/1idMKNXu8n3QK+YY/4asnJp db4Kc0Fy8fhVKiKe7SPpbKxLJtBLZbbh3Dl4HO7Kh7FsArZsPVqTHVOVzT3rvq7IXhl4 BLGaLNWHlQS4WsxIwLex+CPyJAjCo+CSCFiz0TIQWP2paRlDzO5iOYXM9QD3mhg4KvLs WsZg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:reply-to :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=T+mdDv2o4qw148SQ2RO/8yaxT59TE2MvJ+X7iPWLruI=; b=m0wbFPYs/yFsNbx1JlG1QcuuiC9WKwoLxitx1yLxlnDF68sLU41+/i5r5xEpSjTn+J YKNCEZ7LNNiaXwnt5fz9CSGezZknWTnrI9o+LExrg09ScFmliBbWavIJS5WRR1DB7+tb S9MpczZ2lPwHqduM/QWglgtx/N146xaCytAzmscI89kls7AKFd3cjrxQkIsDDdUOgGvf uESZsdyJWoMS0bwGRrSw9DKQIM2hxOdOuRFqRFrsu0E3caMaQ14pKo4db/tV3e3b3U+7 JeZVSu6IZ7ENqBIgsiFkNkDUXVgWH0cPxGVcek6Ce0QdL/bioEE6CIeeFvHz3KnmkUX9 pXnw== X-Gm-Message-State: AGi0PubA1I9fsfkYHJp6qrb/fxoaUfKdh+EWmHs2lIc79EYPGWBwEugT Ou9k8i2bpmPO7G19lRWvY+S810s+S3twXN5+44k= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APiQypI1Pq5fTtm+F/ez/Gz7Kt70/XYeCGI0XFO/HJeWNwMwGEe1+EeK4ncKNPaAwmGfU8BwlxR90c/G2x0kHnyrkE4= X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:8042:: with SMTP id x2mr5033753ejw.157.1585858356918; Thu, 02 Apr 2020 13:12:36 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20200402020850.7218-1-mchristi@redhat.com> <9eab1b92-6a44-616a-44b2-f1ee6475f6f0@acm.org> In-Reply-To: Reply-To: mtk.manpages@gmail.com From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 22:12:25 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] prctl.2: doc PR_SET/GET_IO_FLUSHER - V4 To: Mike Christie Cc: Bart Van Assche , Linux API , Dave Chinner , Michal Hocko , masato.suzuki@wdc.com, damien.lemoal@wdc.com, "Darrick J. Wong" , linux-man Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-api-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-api@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2 Apr 2020 at 16:01, Michael Christie wrote: > > On 04/01/2020 10:46 PM, Bart Van Assche wrote: > > On 2020-04-01 19:08, Mike Christie wrote: > >> +.TP > >> +.B PR_GET_IO_FLUSHER (Since Linux 5.6) > >> +Return as the function result 1 if the caller is in the IO_FLUSHER state and > >> +0 if not. > > > > Although I'm not at all a language expert, the word order at the start > > of the above sentence seems a bit weird to me? > > > > Do you mean the "Return as the function result" part or something else? > > That is how the other commands worded it. It looks like I messed up and > dropped the (). This is how they did it: > > "Return (as the function result)" > > I will resend with that fix. > > If I misunderstood you I will fix that too. I already fixed this piece. There are still the open questions in my other mail though. -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/