Re: [PATCH 23/24] select_tut.2: Use MAX(a, b) from <sys/param.h>

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

Hi Alex,

On 9/10/20 11:13 PM, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@xxxxxxxxx>

I'm reluctant to apply this, because MAX() is not a standard
macro. I suppose it may not be present on some other UNIX
systems. You thoughts?

Cheers,

Michael

> ---
>  man2/select_tut.2 | 10 ++++------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man2/select_tut.2 b/man2/select_tut.2
> index f683dd49d..d23683d75 100644
> --- a/man2/select_tut.2
> +++ b/man2/select_tut.2
> @@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ from one TCP port to another.
>  #include <stdlib.h>
>  #include <stdio.h>
>  #include <unistd.h>
> +#include <sys/param.h>      /* Definition of MAX(a, b) */
>  #include <sys/select.h>
>  #include <string.h>
>  #include <signal.h>
> @@ -364,9 +365,6 @@ from one TCP port to another.
>  
>  static int forward_port;
>  
> -#undef max
> -#define max(x,y) ((x) > (y) ? (x) : (y))
> -
>  static int
>  listen_socket(int listen_port)
>  {
> @@ -483,7 +481,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
>          FD_ZERO(&writefds);
>          FD_ZERO(&exceptfds);
>          FD_SET(h, &readfds);
> -        nfds = max(nfds, h);
> +        nfds = MAX(nfds, h);
>  
>          if (fd1 > 0 && buf1_avail < BUF_SIZE)
>              FD_SET(fd1, &readfds);
> @@ -499,11 +497,11 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
>  
>          if (fd1 > 0) {
>              FD_SET(fd1, &exceptfds);
> -            nfds = max(nfds, fd1);
> +            nfds = MAX(nfds, fd1);
>          }
>          if (fd2 > 0) {
>              FD_SET(fd2, &exceptfds);
> -            nfds = max(nfds, fd2);
> +            nfds = MAX(nfds, fd2);
>          }
>  
>          ready = select(nfds + 1, &readfds, &writefds, &exceptfds, NULL);
> 


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