[RFC PATCH liburing v1 2/4] man: Clarify "man 2" entry for io_uring syscalls

From: Ammar Faizi
Date: Sun Aug 28 2022 - 23:08:48 EST


From: Ammar Faizi <ammarfaizi2@xxxxxxxxxxx>

io_uring_enter(), io_uring_register(), io_uring_setup() are not
declared in `<linux/io_uring.h>` and never were. Plus, these
functions don't intentionally set the `errno` variable. Reflect this
fact in the manpage.

Side note: On architectures other than x86, x86-64, and aarch64, those
functions _do_ set the `errno`, this is because the syscall is done via
libc as we don't yet have nolibc support for the mentioned archs. Users
should not rely on this behavior.

Cc: Caleb Sander <csander@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ammar Faizi <ammarfaizi2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
man/io_uring_enter.2 | 9 ++++-----
man/io_uring_register.2 | 9 ++++-----
man/io_uring_setup.2 | 8 +++-----
3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/io_uring_enter.2 b/man/io_uring_enter.2
index 6bfe9c9..05f9f72 100644
--- a/man/io_uring_enter.2
+++ b/man/io_uring_enter.2
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
io_uring_enter \- initiate and/or complete asynchronous I/O
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
-.BR "#include <linux/io_uring.h>"
+.BR "#include <liburing.h>"
.PP
.BI "int io_uring_enter(unsigned int " fd ", unsigned int " to_submit ,
.BI " unsigned int " min_complete ", unsigned int " flags ,
@@ -1299,11 +1299,10 @@ completion queue entry (see section
rather than through the system call itself.

Errors that occur not on behalf of a submission queue entry are returned via the
-system call directly. On such an error,
-.B -1
-is returned and
+system call directly. On such an error, a negative error code is returned. The
+caller should not rely on
.I errno
-is set appropriately.
+variable.
.PP
.SH ERRORS
These are the errors returned by
diff --git a/man/io_uring_register.2 b/man/io_uring_register.2
index 6c440b9..6791375 100644
--- a/man/io_uring_register.2
+++ b/man/io_uring_register.2
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
io_uring_register \- register files or user buffers for asynchronous I/O
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
-.BR "#include <linux/io_uring.h>"
+.BR "#include <liburing.h>"
.PP
.BI "int io_uring_register(unsigned int " fd ", unsigned int " opcode ,
.BI " void *" arg ", unsigned int " nr_args );
@@ -583,11 +583,10 @@ Available since 5.18.

On success,
.BR io_uring_register ()
-returns 0. On error,
-.B -1
-is returned, and
+returns 0. On error, a negative error code is returned. The caller should not
+rely on
.I errno
-is set accordingly.
+variable.

.SH ERRORS
.TP
diff --git a/man/io_uring_setup.2 b/man/io_uring_setup.2
index 0a5fa92..32a9e2e 100644
--- a/man/io_uring_setup.2
+++ b/man/io_uring_setup.2
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
io_uring_setup \- setup a context for performing asynchronous I/O
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
-.BR "#include <linux/io_uring.h>"
+.BR "#include <liburing.h>"
.PP
.BI "int io_uring_setup(u32 " entries ", struct io_uring_params *" p );
.fi
@@ -566,11 +566,9 @@ or
.BR io_uring_enter (2)
system calls.

-On error,
-.B -1
-is returned and
+On error, a negative error code is returned. The caller should not rely on
.I errno
-is set appropriately.
+variable.
.PP
.SH ERRORS
.TP
--
Ammar Faizi