Debian Bug report logs - #308341
glibc-doc: SO_RCVBUF documented as size_t, but is int in Linux.

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Teddy Hogeborn <teddy@fukt.bth.se>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: glibc-doc: SO_RCVBUF documented as size_t, but is int in Linux.

Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 17:29:04 +0200

Package: glibc-doc
Version: 2.3.2.ds1-21
Severity: normal

In "(libc)Socket-Level Options", SO_RCVBUF is documented as having a
type "size_t".  In Linux, it is of type "int".  The man page socket(7)
does not say what type it is.  The same goes for SO_SNDBUF.

This is mostly a problem on 64-bit architechtures where size_t is not an
int.  If SO_RCVBUF should be size_t, then this is a Linux bug and this
bug should be reassigned.

/Teddy

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Message #10 received at 308341@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>

To: Teddy Hogeborn <teddy@fukt.bth.se>

Cc: 308341@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#308341: glibc-doc: SO_RCVBUF documented as size_t, but is int in Linux.

Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 22:49:12 +0200

* Teddy Hogeborn:

> In "(libc)Socket-Level Options", SO_RCVBUF is documented as having a
> type "size_t".  In Linux, it is of type "int".  The man page socket(7)
> does not say what type it is.  The same goes for SO_SNDBUF.

According to the kernel and Stevens, it's an indeed an int.  So the
documentation needs fixing.

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