Bug 30697

Summary:	mb_fixhdr correction for mbchain.9
Product:	Documentation	Reporter:	Jonathan Hanna <jh>
Component:	Books & Articles	Assignee:	Boris Popov <bp>
Status:	Closed FIXED
Severity:	Affects Only Me
Priority:	Normal
Version:	Latest
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description Jonathan Hanna 2001-09-21 00:30:01 UTC


Fix: 

--- mbchain.9	2001/09/20 23:04:02	1.1
+++ mbchain.9	2001/09/20 23:12:43
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
 .Fn mb_fixhdr
 recalculates the length of an mbuf chain and updates the
 .Va m_pkthdr.len
-field of the first mbuf in the chain.
+field of the first mbuf in the chain. It returns the calculated length.
 .Pp
 .Fn mb_reserve
 ensures that the object of the length specified by the
@@ -191,8 +191,9 @@
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 All
 .Ft int
-functions return zero if successful,
-otherwise error code is returned.
+functions except
+.Fn mb_fixhdr
+return zero if successful and an error code otherwise.
 .Pp
 .Em Note :
 after failure of any function, an mbuf chain is left in the broken state,

Comment 1 Murray Stokely freebsd_committer

2001-09-24 04:09:45 UTC

State Changed
From-To: open->analyzed

This fix looks correct to me, but I'd prefer if Boris gave it the ok 
before it gets committed.

Comment 2 Murray Stokely freebsd_committer

2001-09-24 04:09:45 UTC

Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-doc->bp

bp wrote the code in question.

Comment 3 Murray Stokely freebsd_committer

2001-09-24 07:30:55 UTC

State Changed
From-To: analyzed->closed

Your fix has been committed with a minor change (sentences start on a 
new line in our manpages).  Thanks!