[PATCH] manual: Drop incorrect statement on PIPE_BUF and blocking writes
Florian Weimer
fweimer@redhat.com
Mon Mar 25 11:46:47 GMT 2024
* Štěpán Němec:
> diff --git a/manual/pipe.texi b/manual/pipe.texi
> index 483c40c5c3dd..8a9a275cafe7 100644
> --- a/manual/pipe.texi
> +++ b/manual/pipe.texi
> @@ -312,8 +312,7 @@
>
> Reading or writing a larger amount of data may not be atomic; for
> example, output data from other processes sharing the descriptor may be
> -interspersed. Also, once @code{PIPE_BUF} characters have been written,
> -further writes will block until some characters are read.
> +interspersed.
Maybe “further may block” instead? I think the reference to PIPE_BUF
and blocking could still be helpful, except that it's not a guarantee,
as you correctly point out.
Do you have copyright assignment? If not, please add Signed-off-by: in
a second submission of the patch.
Thanks,
Florian
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