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.\" This file is distributed according to the GNU General Public License.
.\" %%%LICENSE_END
.\"
-.TH IO_SETUP 2 2020-06-09 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH IO_SETUP 2 2020-12-21 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
io_setup \- create an asynchronous I/O context
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.BR "#include <linux/aio_abi.h>" " /* Defines needed types */"
.PP
-.BI "int io_setup(unsigned " nr_events ", io_context_t *" ctx_idp );
+.BI "long io_setup(unsigned " nr_events ", aio_context_t *" ctx_idp );
.fi
.PP
.IR Note :
There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see NOTES.
.SH DESCRIPTION
+.IR Note :
+this page describes the raw Linux system call interface.
+The wrapper function provided by
+.I libaio
+uses a different type for the
+.I ctx_idp
+argument.
+See NOTES.
+.PP
The
.BR io_setup ()
system call
@@ -101,7 +110,7 @@ set to a (positive) value that indicates the error.
.\" .SH AUTHOR
.\" Kent Yoder.
.SH COLOPHON
-This page is part of release 5.09 of the Linux
+This page is part of release 5.10 of the Linux
.I man-pages
project.
A description of the project,