0000522: Says shmat() returns -1 on error; should be (void*)-1

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0000522	1003.1(2008)/Issue 7	System Interfaces	public	2011-11-30 23:57	2019-06-10 08:55

Reporter	kst	Assigned To	ajosey
Priority	normal	Severity	Editorial	Type	Error
Status	Closed	Resolution	Accepted

Name	Keith Thompson
Organization
User Reference
Section	shmat
Page Number	1905
Line Number	60591
Interp Status	---
Final Accepted Text


Summary	0000522: Says shmat() returns -1 on error; should be (void*)-1
Description	The declaration for shmat() is: void shmat(int shmid, const void shmaddr, int shmflg); The description of the returned value say, in part: Otherwise, the shared memory segment shall not be attached, shmat() shall return -1, and errno shall be set to indicate the error. -1 is of type int, not of type void*
Desired Action	Change: shmat() shall return -1 to: shmat() shall return (void*)-1 (Note that the Linux man pages project made this change several years ago.)
Tags	tc2-2008

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2011-11-30 23:57	kst	New Issue
2011-11-30 23:57	kst	Status	New => Under Review
2011-11-30 23:57	kst	Assigned To	=> ajosey
2011-11-30 23:57	kst	Name	=> Keith Thompson
2011-11-30 23:57	kst	Section	=> shmat
2011-11-30 23:57	kst	Page Number	=> 1
2011-11-30 23:57	kst	Line Number	=> ?
2011-12-15 17:23	Don Cragun	Page Number	1 => 1905
2011-12-15 17:23	Don Cragun	Line Number	? => 60591
2011-12-15 17:23	Don Cragun	Interp Status	=> ---
2011-12-15 17:23	Don Cragun	Status	Under Review => Resolved
2011-12-15 17:23	Don Cragun	Resolution	Open => Accepted
2011-12-15 17:23	Don Cragun	Tag Attached: tc2-2008
2019-06-10 08:55	agadmin	Status	Resolved => Closed