forwarded 383296 linux-...@vger.kernel.org thanks On Sat, May 05, 2007 at 04:01:05PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 05:29:20PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote: > > > > The kernel header of 2.6.20 says in include/linux/netlink.h > > > > /* Sending process PID */ > > > > If it should be changed in the corresponding manpage, I guess that it should > > be changed in the kernel as well (if not first). > > Thanks for pointing that out. I've made a patch to fix that.
Applied some years ago: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commitdiff;h=cf130cb102487723bdfc53e4abde1227a7563797 > > Apart from that, the manpage netlink(7) contains the following note: > > > > nlmsg_seq and nlmsg_pid are used to track messages. nlmsg_pid > > shows > > the origin of the message. Note that there isn't a 1:1 > > relationship > > between nlmsg_pid and the PID of the process if the message > > originated > > from a netlink socket. See the ADDRESS FORMATS section for > > further > > information. > > > > which explains that's nlmsg_pid is not exactly a process ID. > > We should simply call these numbers port IDs and remove all references > to the word process. Trivial fix sent upstream to update struct comments, not sure how Michael wants to update the wording around. -- Simon Paillard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
