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lib/42414: prop_copyin_ioctl(9) should say "copying" instead of "sending"
>Number: 42414
>Category: lib
>Synopsis: prop_copyin_ioctl(9) should say "copying" instead of "sending"
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: lib-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sat Dec 05 02:50:00 +0000 2009
>Originator: Silas Silva
>Release: current
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
The prop_copyin_ioctl(9) man page says that the functions "implement the kernel
side of a protocol for _sending_ property lists to and from the kernel using
ioctl(2)."
If they copy the property lists (do they?), there should be write "copying"
instead of "sending".
Also, it confuses prop_copyin_ioctl(9) with prop_send_ioctl(3).
>How-To-Repeat:
man prop_copyin_ioctl
>Fix:
Just apply the following patch:
--- prop_copyin_ioctl.9.orig 2009-12-05 00:29:36.000000000 -0200
+++ prop_copyin_ioctl.9 2009-12-05 00:33:44.000000000 -0200
@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@
.Nm prop_dictionary_copyin_ioctl ,
and
.Nm prop_dictionary_copyout_ioctl
-functions implement the kernel side of a protocol for sending property lists
+functions implement the kernel side of a protocol for copying property lists
to and from the kernel using
.Xr ioctl 2 .
The functions
.Nm prop_array_copyin
and
.Nm prop_dictionary_copyin
-implement the kernel side of a protocol for sending property lists to the
+implement the kernel side of a protocol for copying property lists to the
kernel as arguments of normal system calls.
.Pp
A kernel routine receiving or returning a property list will be passed a
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