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Date:      Mon, 30 Apr 2018 17:16:17 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r333119 - head/lib/libc/sys
Message-ID:  <201804301716.w3UHGH3j014862@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: emaste
Date: Mon Apr 30 17:16:17 2018
New Revision: 333119
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/333119

Log:
  Clarify bindat/connectat use with AT_FDCWD
  
  Discovered during investigation into the PR - the description of
  AT_FDCWD was somewhat confusing.
  
  PR:		222632
  Submitted by:	Jan Kokemüller <jan.kokemueller@gmail.com>
  MFC after:	1 week

Modified:
  head/lib/libc/sys/bindat.2
  head/lib/libc/sys/connectat.2

Modified: head/lib/libc/sys/bindat.2
==============================================================================
--- head/lib/libc/sys/bindat.2	Mon Apr 30 15:55:58 2018	(r333118)
+++ head/lib/libc/sys/bindat.2	Mon Apr 30 17:16:17 2018	(r333119)
@@ -46,7 +46,15 @@
 The
 .Fn bindat
 system call assigns the local protocol address to a socket.
-It works just like the
+When passed the special value
+.Dv AT_FDCWD
+in the
+.Fa fd
+parameter, the behavior is identical to a call to
+.Xr bind 2 .
+Otherwise,
+.Fn bindat
+works like the
 .Xr bind 2
 system call with two exceptions:
 .Pp
@@ -60,15 +68,6 @@ If the file path stored in the
 field of the sockaddr_un structure is a relative path, it is located relative
 to the directory associated with the file descriptor
 .Fa fd .
-If
-.Fn bindat
-is passed the special value
-.Dv AT_FDCWD
-in the
-.Fa fd
-parameter, the current working directory is used and the behavior is identical
-to a call to
-.Xr bind 2 .
 .El
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 .Rv -std bindat
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ The
 .Fn bindat
 system call may fail with the same errors as the
 .Xr bind 2
-system call for a UNIX domain socket or with the following errors:
+system call or with the following errors:
 .Bl -tag -width Er
 .It Bq Er EBADF
 The

Modified: head/lib/libc/sys/connectat.2
==============================================================================
--- head/lib/libc/sys/connectat.2	Mon Apr 30 15:55:58 2018	(r333118)
+++ head/lib/libc/sys/connectat.2	Mon Apr 30 17:16:17 2018	(r333119)
@@ -46,7 +46,15 @@
 The
 .Fn connectat
 system call initiates a connection on a socket.
-It works just like the
+When passed the special value
+.Dv AT_FDCWD
+in the
+.Fa fd
+parameter, the behavior is identical to a call to
+.Xr connect 2 .
+Otherwise,
+.Fn connectat
+works like the
 .Xr connect 2
 system call with two exceptions:
 .Pp
@@ -60,15 +68,6 @@ If the file path stored in the
 field of the sockaddr_un structure is a relative path, it is located relative
 to the directory associated with the file descriptor
 .Fa fd .
-If
-.Fn connectat
-is passed the special value
-.Dv AT_FDCWD
-in the
-.Fa fd
-parameter, the current working directory is used and the behavior is identical
-to a call to
-.Xr connect 2 .
 .El
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 .Rv -std connectat
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ The
 .Fn connectat
 system call may fail with the same errors as the
 .Xr connect 2
-system call for a UNIX domain socket or with the following errors:
+system call or with the following errors:
 .Bl -tag -width Er
 .It Bq Er EBADF
 The



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