Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 14:39:01 +0000 (UTC) From: "Andrey V. Elsukov" <ae@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r232339 - head/lib/libc/uuid Message-ID: <201203011439.q21Ed1oa083125@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: ae Date: Thu Mar 1 14:39:01 2012 New Revision: 232339 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/232339 Log: Note that memory should be freed after uuid_to_string(3) call. MFC after: 1 week Modified: head/lib/libc/uuid/uuid.3 Modified: head/lib/libc/uuid/uuid.3 ============================================================================== --- head/lib/libc/uuid/uuid.3 Thu Mar 1 14:01:16 2012 (r232338) +++ head/lib/libc/uuid/uuid.3 Thu Mar 1 14:39:01 2012 (r232339) @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd August 13, 2008 +.Dd March 1, 2012 .Dt UUID 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -84,6 +84,15 @@ A 16-bit hash value can be obtained by c .Fn uuid_hash . .Pp The +.Fn uuid_to_string +function set +.Fa *str +to be a pointer to a buffer sufficiently large to hold the string. +This pointer should be passed to +.Xr free 3 +to release the allocated storage when it is no longer needed. +.Pp +The .Fn uuid_enc_le and .Fn uuid_enc_be @@ -116,7 +125,7 @@ The UUID does not have a known version. .It Dv uuid_s_invalid_string_uuid The string representation of an UUID is not valid. .It Dv uuid_s_no_memory -The meaning of the code escaped the writers mind. +The function can not allocate memory to store an UUID representation. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr uuidgen 1 ,
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