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Diffstat (limited to 'man/man3/rtnetlink.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/man3/rtnetlink.3 | 18 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/man/man3/rtnetlink.3 b/man/man3/rtnetlink.3 index 52ded496cc..c55be3f5a1 100644 --- a/man/man3/rtnetlink.3 +++ b/man/man3/rtnetlink.3 @@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ Standard C library .BI "struct rtattr *RTA_NEXT(struct rtattr *" rta \ ", unsigned int " rtabuflen ); .P -.BI "unsigned int RTA_LENGTH(unsigned int " length ); -.BI "unsigned int RTA_SPACE(unsigned int "length ); +.BI "unsigned int RTA_LENGTH(unsigned int " size ); +.BI "unsigned int RTA_SPACE(unsigned int "size ); .fi .SH DESCRIPTION All @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ returns true if .I rta points to a valid routing attribute; .I attrlen -is the running length of the attribute buffer. +is the running size of the attribute buffer. When not true then you must assume there are no more attributes in the message, even if .I attrlen @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ is nonzero. returns a pointer to the start of this attribute's data. .P .BI RTA_PAYLOAD( rta ) -returns the length of this attribute's data. +returns the size of this attribute's data. .P .BI RTA_NEXT( rta ", " attrlen ) gets the next attribute after @@ -65,14 +65,14 @@ You should use .B RTA_OK to check the validity of the returned pointer. .P -.BI RTA_LENGTH( len ) -returns the length which is required for -.I len +.BI RTA_LENGTH( size ) +returns the size which is required for +.I size bytes of data plus the header. .P -.BI RTA_SPACE( len ) +.BI RTA_SPACE( size ) returns the amount of space which will be needed in a message with -.I len +.I size bytes of data. .SH STANDARDS Linux. |