[PATCH 5/5] manual: Document error codes missing for 'inet_pton'
Maciej W. Rozycki
macro@orcam.me.uk
Thu May 22 17:23:00 GMT 2025
From: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@redhat.com>
Add documentation for EAFNOSUPPORT error code returned, and the possible
return values on failure.
---
manual/socket.texi | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
glibc-doc-inet_pton-err.diff
Index: glibc/manual/socket.texi
===================================================================
--- glibc.orig/manual/socket.texi
+++ glibc/manual/socket.texi
@@ -1222,6 +1222,17 @@ either @code{AF_INET} or @code{AF_INET6}
address being converted. @var{cp} is a pointer to the input string, and
@var{buf} is a pointer to a buffer for the result. It is the caller's
responsibility to make sure the buffer is large enough.
+
+The return value is @code{1} on success. On failure, the function's
+return value is zero if @var{cp} does not point to a valid address string
+for the address family @var{af} requested, or otherwise the function's
+return value is @code{-1} and @code{errno} is set accordingly. The
+following @code{errno} values are specific to this function:
+
+@table @code
+@item EAFNOSUPPORT
+The address family requested is neither @code{AF_INET} nor @code{AF_INET6}.
+@end table
@end deftypefun
@deftypefun {const char *} inet_ntop (int @var{af}, const void *@var{cp}, char *@var{buf}, socklen_t @var{len})
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