docs/121173: mq_getattr(2): mq_flags mistakenly described as holding messages currently on the queue
Thomas Mueller
tmueller at sysgo.com
Thu Feb 28 14:50:03 UTC 2008
>Number: 121173
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: mq_getattr(2): mq_flags mistakenly described as holding messages currently on the queue
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
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>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Thu Feb 28 14:50:02 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Thomas Mueller
>Release: RELENG_7
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD tom.ulm.sysgo.com 7.0-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-PRERELEASE #30: Tue Feb 26 12:35:30 CET 2008 toor at tom.ulm.sysgo.com:/u2/obj/usr/src/sys/TOM i386
>Description:
The manual page for mq_getattr(2) states that mq_attr.mq_flags contains
the number of messages currently on the queue. According to IEEE Std 1003.1-2004
this information is stored in mq_attr.mq_curmsgs.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Index: mq_getattr.2
===================================================================
RCS file: /u2/tmu/FreeBSD/repo/src/lib/libc/sys/mq_getattr.2,v
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -p -r1.4 mq_getattr.2
--- mq_getattr.2 18 Jun 2007 01:50:03 -0000 1.4
+++ mq_getattr.2 28 Feb 2008 14:29:17 -0000
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ structure referenced by the
.Fa mqstat
argument will be set to the current state
of the message queue:
-.Bl -tag -width ".Va mq_flags"
+.Bl -tag -width ".Va mq_curmsgs"
.It Va mq_flags
The number of messages currently on the queue.
.El
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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