* Re: [PATCH v2] exit.3: Use hex for the status mask.
[not found] ` <20180915173848.19733-1-benjamin@python.org>
@ 2020-02-08 11:00 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-02-10 11:02 ` AW: " Walter Harms
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) @ 2020-02-08 11:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Benjamin Peterson; +Cc: mtk.manpages, linux-man, jwilk, Mike Frysinger
Hello Ben,
On 9/15/18 7:38 PM, Benjamin Peterson wrote:
> Admittedly, the POSIX specification for exit() also uses octal. However, 0xFF
> immediately indicates the lowest 8 bits to me whereas I had to think a bit about
> the octal mask.
Thanks. Patch applied. (Mike Frysinger provided a similar patch,
so I've noted you both in the commit.)
Cheers,
Michael
> ---
> man2/_exit.2 | 2 +-
> man3/exit.3 | 5 ++---
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/man2/_exit.2 b/man2/_exit.2
> index c55d2a612..6e656c8f4 100644
> --- a/man2/_exit.2
> +++ b/man2/_exit.2
> @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ The process's parent is sent a
> signal.
> .PP
> The value
> -.I "status & 0377"
> +.I "status & 0xFF"
> is returned to the parent process as the process's exit status, and
> can be collected using one of the
> .BR wait (2)
> diff --git a/man3/exit.3 b/man3/exit.3
> index 4a30fc39f..b47ba17a1 100644
> --- a/man3/exit.3
> +++ b/man3/exit.3
> @@ -38,9 +38,8 @@ exit \- cause normal process termination
> .SH DESCRIPTION
> The
> .BR exit ()
> -function causes normal process termination and the
> -value of \fIstatus & 0377\fP is returned to the parent
> -(see
> +function causes normal process termination and the value of \fIstatus &
> +0xFF\fP is returned to the parent (see
> .BR wait (2)).
> .PP
> All functions registered with
>
--
Michael Kerrisk
Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
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* AW: [PATCH v2] exit.3: Use hex for the status mask.
2020-02-08 11:00 ` [PATCH v2] exit.3: Use hex for the status mask Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
@ 2020-02-10 11:02 ` Walter Harms
2020-02-24 7:59 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Walter Harms @ 2020-02-10 11:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages), Benjamin Peterson
Cc: linux-man, jwilk, Mike Frysinger
Its a bit late but ...
we can be more direct here:
> +function causes normal process termination and the value of \fIstatus &
> +0xFF\fP is returned to the parent (see
function causes normal process termination and only lowest 8 bits
(\fIstatus & 0xFF\fP) is returned to the parent (see
JM2C
re,
wh
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Von: linux-man-owner@vger.kernel.org <linux-man-owner@vger.kernel.org> im Auftrag von Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Gesendet: Samstag, 8. Februar 2020 12:00
An: Benjamin Peterson
Cc: mtk.manpages@gmail.com; linux-man@vger.kernel.org; jwilk@jwilk.net; Mike Frysinger
Betreff: Re: [PATCH v2] exit.3: Use hex for the status mask.
Hello Ben,
On 9/15/18 7:38 PM, Benjamin Peterson wrote:
> Admittedly, the POSIX specification for exit() also uses octal. However, 0xFF
> immediately indicates the lowest 8 bits to me whereas I had to think a bit about
> the octal mask.
Thanks. Patch applied. (Mike Frysinger provided a similar patch,
so I've noted you both in the commit.)
Cheers,
Michael
> ---
> man2/_exit.2 | 2 +-
> man3/exit.3 | 5 ++---
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/man2/_exit.2 b/man2/_exit.2
> index c55d2a612..6e656c8f4 100644
> --- a/man2/_exit.2
> +++ b/man2/_exit.2
> @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ The process's parent is sent a
> signal.
> .PP
> The value
> -.I "status & 0377"
> +.I "status & 0xFF"
> is returned to the parent process as the process's exit status, and
> can be collected using one of the
> .BR wait (2)
> diff --git a/man3/exit.3 b/man3/exit.3
> index 4a30fc39f..b47ba17a1 100644
> --- a/man3/exit.3
> +++ b/man3/exit.3
> @@ -38,9 +38,8 @@ exit \- cause normal process termination
> .SH DESCRIPTION
> The
> .BR exit ()
> -function causes normal process termination and the
> -value of \fIstatus & 0377\fP is returned to the parent
> -(see
> +function causes normal process termination and the value of \fIstatus &
> +0xFF\fP is returned to the parent (see
> .BR wait (2)).
> .PP
> All functions registered with
>
--
Michael Kerrisk
Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
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* Re: AW: [PATCH v2] exit.3: Use hex for the status mask.
2020-02-10 11:02 ` AW: " Walter Harms
@ 2020-02-24 7:59 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) @ 2020-02-24 7:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Walter Harms, Benjamin Peterson
Cc: mtk.manpages, linux-man, jwilk, Mike Frysinger
On 2/10/20 12:02 PM, Walter Harms wrote:
> Its a bit late but ...
>
> we can be more direct here:
>
>> +function causes normal process termination and the value of \fIstatus &
>> +0xFF\fP is returned to the parent (see
>
> function causes normal process termination and only lowest 8 bits
> (\fIstatus & 0xFF\fP) is returned to the parent (see
Thanks, Walter. I agree that it would not hurt to use a bit more
natural language in the description. I made the text:
The exit() function causes normal process termination and the
least significant byte of status (i.e., status & 0xFF) is returned
to the parent (see wait(2)).
Thanks for the suggestion.
Michael
--
Michael Kerrisk
Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
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