b5bf5c255aAccepting request 294709 from Documentation
Dominique Leuenberger
2015-04-10 07:46:16 +0000
9aab945fac- update to 3.82: - new and rewritten pages * nptl.7 - newly documented interfaces in existing pages * user_namespaces.7 Document /proc/[pid]/setgroupsPetr Gajdos2015-03-31 07:25:52 +0000
8353beeea8Accepting request 288562 from Documentation
Dominique Leuenberger
2015-03-05 14:33:42 +0000
41d9fd5526- update to 3.81: - new and rewritten pages * attributes.7 - global changes * Reformat existing thread-safety information to use a tabular format, rather than plain text.Petr Gajdos2015-03-02 19:40:24 +0000
cdc0977dfeAccepting request 287283 from Documentation
Dominique Leuenberger
2015-02-27 10:09:18 +0000
446cdfe8c9- update to 3.80: - new and rewritten pages * ioctl_fat.2, madvise.2 - newly documented interfaces in existing pages * proc.5 (Briefly) document /proc/PID/attr/socketcreate (Briefly) document /proc/PID/attr/keycreate Document /proc/PID/attr/{current,exec,fscreate,prev} Document /proc/sys/kernel/auto_msgmni * socket.7 Document SO_REUSEPORT socket optionPetr Gajdos2015-02-23 07:43:49 +0000
d21cc744c1Accepting request 283727 from Documentation
Dominique Leuenberger
2015-02-06 09:49:42 +0000
c988aa069d- update to 3.79: - new and rewritten pages * getrandom.2, kexec_load.2 - etc., see Changes for detailsPetr Gajdos2015-02-02 09:07:51 +0000
fe3386209bAccepting request 283429 from Documentation
Dominique Leuenberger
2015-02-01 11:29:07 +0000
8c332d4e9a- update to 3.78: - new and rewritten pages * execveat.2, memfd_create.2, s390_pci_mmio_write.2 - newly documented interfaces in existing pages * fcntl.2: Document F_ADD_SEALS and F_GET_SEALS commands * proc.5: Document /proc/sys/vm/compact_memory Document /proc/sys/fs/nr_open - etc. see Changes for detailsPetr Gajdos2015-01-23 09:58:28 +0000
2f4296c498Accepting request 281511 from Documentation
Dominique Leuenberger
2015-01-22 20:48:01 +0000
c1ead00787- remove ioctl_list (2) reference from ioctl.2 man page [bnc#900141]Petr Gajdos2014-10-13 07:39:01 +0000
4eca67daca- update to 3.74: - new and rewritten pages * pldd.1, cp1252.7 - newly documented interfaces in existing pages * mq_overview.7: /proc/sys/fs/mqueue/msgsize_default /proc/sys/fs/mqueue/msg_default - new and rewritten pagesPetr Gajdos2014-10-07 08:30:56 +0000
03f1d89420- update to 3.73: - new and rewriten pages * namespaces.7, pid_namespaces.7, user_namespaces.7 - newly documented interfaces in existing pages * clone.2: Document CLONE_NEWUSER for creating a new user namespace * setns.2: Document the PID, user, and mount namespace support * unshare.2: Document CLONE_NEWPID, CLONE_NEWUSER, CLONE_THREAD, CLONE_SIGHAND, and CLONE_VM - see Changes for detailsPetr Gajdos2014-09-22 08:41:10 +0000
13fecc3392- update to 3.71: - new and rewritten pages: * memusage.1, memusagestat.1, mtrace.1 see Changes for detailsPetr Gajdos2014-09-09 08:03:48 +0000
7defe51d75- man-pages 3.71: - new and rewritten pages: * group_member.3 * isfdtype.3 - see Changes for detailsPetr Gajdos2014-08-21 13:34:37 +0000
ddd555b7b7- update to 3.70: - new and rewritten pages: * sprof.1 - newly documented interfaces in existing pages * epoll_ctl.2: EPOLLWAKEUP * epoll.7: EPOLLWAKEUP - see Changes for detailsPetr Gajdos2014-07-17 09:22:47 +0000
c9219ebf53Accepting request 238368 from Documentation
Stephan Kulow
2014-06-25 09:47:18 +0000
d59dd09822- ship localedef.1, iconvconfig.8 and locale.1 as they will be removed from glibc packagePetr Gajdos2014-06-23 12:12:40 +0000
26ab472ade- cleanup removing man-pages - ship time.1 again [bnc#878057] - do not ship localedef.1 and (really do not ship) iconvconfig.8 for now, but requested removal from glibc packagePetr Gajdos2014-06-18 14:15:41 +0000
9acb51f957- removed upstreamed man-pages-bootparam.7.patch (obsoleted by last update)Petr Gajdos2014-06-16 05:03:09 +0000
0f45561426Accepting request 237385 from home:AndreasStieger:branches:DocumentationPetr Gajdos2014-06-16 04:56:18 +0000
227268b7d5Accepting request 229234 from Documentation
Stephan Kulow
2014-04-08 20:37:16 +0000
e1a91ff438- update to version 3.64: * new and rewritten pages: + open_by_handle_at.2 +inotify.7 * newly documented interfaces in existing pages: + PERF_FLAG_FD_CLOEXEC flag (perf_event_open.2) + Document _LARGEFILE_SOURCE (feature_test_macros.7) * see Changes for detailsPetr Gajdos2014-04-07 06:36:47 +0000
d20a1f1f81Accepting request 226664 from Documentation
Stephan Kulow
2014-03-20 06:06:57 +0000
1d3935d8f2- update to version 3.63: * new and rewritten pages: - duplocale.3, newlocale.3, towlower.3, towupper.3, uselocale.3 * for more information, see ChangesPetr Gajdos2014-03-19 06:29:30 +0000
2995a8dfe4Accepting request 226348 from Documentation
Stephan Kulow
2014-03-18 12:55:28 +0000
cbd07a4479Accepting request 226057 from home:AndreasStieger:branches:DocumentationPetr Gajdos2014-03-17 08:05:15 +0000
f41e6bc95dAccepting request 224044 from Documentation
Stephan Kulow
2014-02-28 06:24:17 +0000
f81da586a2- update to version 3.61: * added notes on thread-safety to various manual pages * see Changes for detailsPetr Gajdos2014-02-27 07:26:09 +0000
f188550e6eAccepting request 222734 from Documentation
Stephan Kulow
2014-02-19 08:10:25 +0000
702d458bb6- update to version 3.60: * bugfix previous changePetr Gajdos2014-02-18 14:47:26 +0000
3e3d4593e3Accepting request 222631 from home:AndreasStieger:branches:DocumentationPetr Gajdos2014-02-18 09:51:10 +0000
428def9b3f- update to version 3.58 * Document the pipe2() O_DIRECT * Document PACKET_QDISC_BYPASS * etc. see Changes for detailsPetr Gajdos2014-02-17 07:43:29 +0000
53a2954229Accepting request 215207 from Documentation
Stephan Kulow
2014-01-30 10:32:21 +0000
3c21ad9a4aAccepting request 215132 from home:jengelh:branches:Documentation
Thomas Schraitle
2014-01-26 19:44:29 +0000
783bd89227Accepting request 213664 from Documentation
Stephan Kulow
2014-01-13 09:55:21 +0000
7c465fecd1Accepting request 213630 from home:AndreasStieger:branches:DocumentationPetr Gajdos2014-01-13 07:39:59 +0000
9f44a43e38Accepting request 212968 from Documentation
Stephan Kulow
2014-01-07 12:57:11 +0000
2cd59bf4baAccepting request 212958 from home:AndreasStieger:branches:DocumentationPetr Gajdos2014-01-07 07:50:57 +0000
a8ad57348f- update to version 3.53 * New and rewritten pages restart_syscall.2 New page for restart_syscall(2) system call * Newly documented interfaces in existing pages fchownat.2 Document AT_EMPTY_PATH fstatat.2 Document AT_EMPTY_PATH linkat.2 Document AT_EMPTY_PATH open.2 Document O_PATH See also https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=885740 * Changes to individual pages clock_nanosleep.2 futex.2 nanosleep.2 poll.2 sigaction.2 sigreturn.2 signal.7 SEE ALSO: add restart_syscall(2) open.2 Remove warning that O_DIRECTORY is only for use with opendir(3) O_DIRECTORY can also be used with, for example, O_PATH. perf_event_open.2 Improve PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK documentation Fix indentation of the MMAP layout section The indentation of the MMAP layout section wasn't quite right.Petr Gajdos2013-08-07 09:02:14 +0000
7f5a3f63d3Accepting request 183137 from Documentation
Stephan Kulow
2013-07-16 13:42:18 +0000
2240d35c6f- update to version 3.52 * Various pages that formerly lacked the information now have a note under RETURN VALUE that errno is set on error. * Peng Haitao has submitted patches to around 50 pages that note functions that are thread-safe or thread-unsafe. For this purpose, the man-pages add a new section, ATTRIBUTES, as described in the man-pages(7) manual page. Peng Haitao's substantial work is ongoing, and more pages will add this information in the future.Petr Gajdos2013-07-15 13:05:50 +0000
2232b6a052Accepting request 174883 from Documentation
Stephan Kulow
2013-05-27 09:52:02 +0000
214dae5f77- update to version 3.51 * Newly documented interfaces in existing pages sched_rr_get_interval.2 Document /proc/sys/kernel/sched_rr_timeslice_ms proc.5 Document /proc/[pid]/map_files directory This directory was added in Linux v3.3 and provides info about files being mmap-ed in a way very similar to how /proc/[pid]/fd works. v2: Added examples of how links look like and noted dependency on kernel config option CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE. Document /proc/sys/kernel/shm_rmid_forced capabilities.7 Document /proc/sys/kernel/cap_last_cap * Global changes * Various pages Global fix: fix placement of word "only" * Various pages License headers: consistent format * Various pages Global fix: s/since kernel/since Linux/ * Various System V IPC pages in Section 2 Add "System V" to .TH line and text Make it clear that these pages relate to System V IPC, not POSIX IPC. * Changes to individual pages access.2 Clarify RETURN VALUE for F_OK See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=705293 alarm.2Petr Gajdos2013-05-02 08:20:21 +0000
fa938f46c0Accepting request 160861 from Documentation
Stephan Kulow
2013-03-25 19:38:30 +0000
7186048b99- update to version 3.50 * New and rewritten pages canonicalize_file_name.3 Rewrite page, adding much more detail * Global changes * Various pages Global fix: s/END_LICENSE/LICENSE_END/ * Various pages Global fix: s/bitmask/bit mask/ * Changes to individual pages getent.1 netgroup description incorrectly refers to initgroups capget.2 Update URL for libcap fork.2 Port access permission bits (ioperm()) are turned off in the child futex.2 'timeout' is a minimum duration that the call will wait, not a maximum ioperm.2 Note that iopl() level of 3 is needed to access ports 'num' is *bits* not bytes! Linux 2.6.8 lifted the port limit to 65,536 See http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/202624/ From: Stas Sergeev <stsp <at> aknet.ru> Subject: [patch][rfc] Larger IO bitmap Date: 2004-05-07 19:55:03 GMT ioperm() operates on the calling *thread* (not process) Clarify meaning of 'turn_on' argument Plus form formatting fixes. Clarify that default state of permission bits in child is offPetr Gajdos2013-03-18 07:35:25 +0000
de5e648797Accepting request 158617 from Documentation
Stephan Kulow
2013-03-12 16:17:00 +0000
9fc8d3333b- update to version 3.48 * New and rewritten pages getunwind.2 New page documenting getunwind(2) Taken from Red Hat downstream man pages set Much rewriting Some text taken from arch/ia64/kernel/unwind.c. perfmonctl.2 New page documenting IA-64-specific perfmonctl(2) Taken from Red Hat downstream man pages Rework discussion of PFM_CREATE_CONTEXT Add VERSIONS and CONFORMING TO Note that there is no glibc wrapper Remove PFM_CREATE_EVTSETS, PFM_DELETE_EVTSETS, PFM_GETINFO_EVTSETS These don't exist, and it appears they never have. Fix argument types for PFM_WRITE_PMCS, PFM_WRITE_PMDS, PFM_READ_PMDS The types that were being used don't exist! Briefly document PFM_GET_FEATURES, PFM_DEBUG, PFM_GET_PMC_RESET_VAL gai.conf.5 New page documenting gai.conf Taken from Red Hat downstream pages nss.conf.5 New page describing nss.conf * Newly documented interfaces in existing pages clock_getres.2 Document CLOCK_REALTIME_COARSE and CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE Document CLOCK_BOOTTIME Some improvements to CLOCK_BOOTTIME description ptrace.2 Document PTRACE_GETREGSET, PTRACE_SETREGSET, PTRACE_SEIZE, and friendsPetr Gajdos2013-03-12 06:41:44 +0000
fee8f47ed1Accepting request 157663 from Documentation
Stephan Kulow
2013-03-08 09:54:24 +0000
639f4ecb08- update to version 3.47 * New and rewritten pages perf_event_open.2 New page documenting perf_event_open(2) pthread_setname_np.3 New page for pthread_setname_np(3) and pthread_getname_np(3) * Newly documented interfaces in existing pages prctl.2 Document PR_SET_CHILD_SUBREAPER and PR_GET_CHILD_SUBREAPER ip.7 Add source-specific multicast sockopts This patch adds documentation of several source-specific multicast socket options that were added to kernel with implementation of IGMPv3 in 2.5.68. The following socket options were added: IP_ADD_SOURCE_MEMBERSHIP IP_DROP_SOURCE_MEMBERSHIP IP_BLOCK_SOURCE IP_UNBLOCK_SOURCE IP_MSFILTER * Pages moved across sections getcontext.3 This page really belongs in Section 3 (moved from Section 2) getdtablesize.3 Move from Section 2 sln.8 New page documenting the 'sln' command provided by glibc Inspired by a Red Hat downstream page, but with rather more detail. * New and changed linksPetr Gajdos2013-02-28 12:46:04 +0000
33af06f342Accepting request 150917 from Documentation
Stephan Kulow
2013-02-04 19:53:41 +0000
3def06f8ff- update to version 3.46 * New and rewritten pages kcmp.2 New page for kcmp(2) * Newly documented interfaces in existing pages init_module.2 Document finit_module(2) Document finit_module() 'flags' argument Document MODULE_INIT_IGNORE_MODVERSIONS and MODULE_INIT_IGNORE_VERMAGIC. (Some edits by mtk.) * New and changed links finit_module.2 New link to init_module.2 __after_morecore_hook.3 __free_hook.3 __malloc_initialize_hook.3 __memalign_hook.3 __realloc_hook.3 New link to malloc_hook.3 * Global changes * Various pages Global fix: s/tty/terminal/ * Changes to individual pages clone.2 Add kernel versions for various CLONE_* constants CLONE_NEWIPC governs mechanisms that don't have filesystem pathnames CLONE_NEWIPC doesn't mount the POSIX MQ file system Add an example program (CLONE_NEWUTS) Some reworking of CLONE_NEWIPC text No substantial content changes.Petr Gajdos2013-02-04 06:36:18 +0000
fce1906064Accepting request 147365 from Documentation
Stephan Kulow
2013-01-07 16:25:20 +0000
823e9f68b4- update to version 3.45 * New and rewritten pages s390_runtime_instr.2 New page for s390-specific s390_runtime_instr(2) if_nameindex.3 Document if_nameindex(3) and if_freenameindex(3) Edits, improvements and corrections to Hideaki's page Add an example program if_nametoindex.3 New page documenting if_nametoindex(3) and if_indextoname(3) * Newly documented interfaces in existing pages * New and changed links if_freenameindex.3 New link to if_nameindex.3 if_indextoname.3 New link to if_nametoindex.3 * Global changes sysconf.3 cciss.4 Global fix: s/runtime/run time/ * Changes to individual pages clone.2 Since 2.6.30, CLONE_NEWIPC also supports POSIX message queues delete_module.2 Small rewording of description of effect of O_TRUNC getrlimit.2 Document Linux's nonstandard treatment or RLIMIT_CPU soft limit Upon encountering the RLIMIT_CPU soft limit when a SIGXCPU handler has been installed, Linux invokes the signal handler *and* raises the soft limit by one second. This behavior repeats until thePetr Gajdos2012-12-31 07:52:13 +0000
b258315835Accepting request 142586 from Documentation
Stephan Kulow
2012-11-26 17:59:11 +0000
65da945e43- update to version 3.44 * New and rewritten pages delete_module.2 Rewrite to Linux 2.6+ reality Change license and copyright There is now nothing left of the original FSF-copyrighted page. So, change the copyright and license. Substantial reorganization after comments from Rusty Russell Rusty notes that O_NONBLOCK is almost always used in practice. Therefore, it would be better to reorganize the page to consider that "the default". init_module.2 Rewrite to Linux 2.6+ reality Change copyright and license Little of the original page now remains. Change copyright and license Changes after review comments from Rusty Russell Add various pieces describing Linux 2.6+ behavior Pieces take from, or inspired by, a patch sent by Kees. getauxval.3 Document getauxval() function added in glibc 2.16 * Global changes * Various pages Global fix: Use consistent capitalization in NAME section The line(s) in the NAME section should only use capitals where English usage dictates that. Otherwise, use lowercase throughout. * Various pages Global fix: "userspace" ==> "user space" or "user-space" Existing pages variously use "userspace or "user space".Petr Gajdos2012-11-16 09:34:44 +0000
f8f8a3c2a7Accepting request 140619 from Documentation
Ismail Dönmez
2012-11-08 20:50:44 +0000
30df08ed3d- update to version 3.43 * Newly documented interfaces in existing pages getenv.3 Document secure_getenv(3) * New and changed links phys.2 New link to unimplemented.2 secure_getenv.3 New link to getenv.3 * Global changes * Various pages Global fix: s/-/\\-/ when real hyphen is required (e.g., in code) * Various pages Global fix: Various consistency fixes for SEE ALSO * Various pages Global fix: use "Linux kernel source" consistently Rather than "kernel source". * Various pages Global fix: disable justification and hyphenation in SEE ALSO For a better visual result, disable justification and hyphenation in SEE ALSO where page names are long. * Changes to individual pages epoll_wait.2 Describe timeout limitation in kernels < 2.6.37 As reported by Fredrik (and as far as I can tell the problem went back to 2.6.0): The timeout argument has an upper limit. Any values above that limit are treated the same as -1, i.e. to wait indefinitely. The limit is given by: #define EP_MAX_MSTIMEO min(1000ULL * MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT / HZ, \Petr Gajdos2012-11-01 08:45:59 +0000
58ad15563eAccepting request 131917 from Documentation
Stephan Kulow
2012-08-31 07:43:58 +0000
087d38e53a- update to version 3.42 * Global changes * Various pages Global fix: use UR macro where applicable The syntax .UR http://example.com paired with .UE will create links which one can interact, if the pager allows that. One way to see the effect is ask the man(1) command to use browser display, e.g.: man -H man7/uri.7 ("\:" is optional groff syntax to permit hyphenless line breaks.) * Changes to individual pages ldd.1 Add security note on untrusted executables See also http://www.catonmat.net/blog/ldd-arbitrary-code-execution/ and http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Program-Library-HOWTO/shared-libraries.html clone.2 Rewrite discussion of sys_clone futex.2 Марк Коренберг Consolidate error descriptions to ERRORS Various wording fix-ups Fix description of EINVAL error The current text seems incorrect. Replace with a more general description. getdents.2 select_tut.2 atof.3 atoi.3 pthread_create.3Petr Gajdos2012-08-27 07:10:16 +0000
5df11c578eAccepting request 122858 from Documentation
Stephan Kulow
2012-05-31 15:07:04 +0000
58dcbb56c4- update to version 3.41 * New and rewritten pages get_robust_list.2 New page documenting get_robust_list(2) and set_robust_list(2) mallinfo.3 New page for mallinfo(3) malloc_info.3 New page for malloc_info(3) malloc_stats.3 New man page for malloc_stats(3) * Newly documented interfaces in existing pages madvise.2 Document MADV_DONTDUMP and MADV_DODUMP * New and changed links set_robust_list.2 New link to new get_robust_list.2 page LIST_ENTRY.3 LIST_HEAD.3 LIST_INIT.3 LIST_INSERT_AFTER.3 LIST_INSERT_HEAD.3 LIST_REMOVE.3 TAILQ_ENTRY.3 TAILQ_HEAD.3 TAILQ_INIT.3 TAILQ_INSERT_AFTER.3 TAILQ_INSERT_HEAD.3 TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL.3 TAILQ_REMOVE.3 CIRCLEQ_ENTRY.3Petr Gajdos2012-05-30 08:22:16 +0000
40f8dc815eAccepting request 116325 from Documentation
Stephan Kulow
2012-05-08 09:15:11 +0000
b66d0656fd- update to version 3.40 * New and rewritten pages process_vm_readv.2 New page for process_vm_readv(2) and process_vm_writev(2) mcheck.3 New man page for mcheck(3) and related functions Also describes mcheck_check_all(3), mcheck_pedantic(3), and mprobe(3) * Newly documented interfaces in existing pages rcmd.3 Document "_af" variants of these functions Document rcmd_af(), rresvport_af(), iruserok_af(), ruserok_af(). Also some restructuring and other clarifications. rexec.3 Document rexec_af() * New and changed links iruserok_af.3 rcmd_af.3 rresvport_af.3 ruserok_af.3 New links to rcmd.3 rexec_af.3 New link to rexec.3 * Changes to individual pages clock_getres.2 Clarify difference between CLOCK_MONOTONIC and CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW Note interactions of these two clocks with discontinuous adjustments to the system time and NTP/adjtime(2). fallocate.2 Fix description of ENOSYS and EOPNOTSUP errorsPetr Gajdos2012-05-03 08:59:47 +0000
17ba5365bcAccepting request 115156 from Documentation
Stephan Kulow
2012-04-24 09:22:46 +0000
e9d86ed874- update to version 3.39 * New and rewritten pages malloc_trim.3 New man page for malloc_trim(3) malloc_usable_size.3 New man page for malloc_usable_size(3) * Newly documented interfaces in existing pages prctl.2 Document PR_SET_MM (new in Linux 3.3) Various edits and improvements to Cyrill's patch * Changes to individual pages epoll_create.2 Rework discussion of 'size' argument Add .SS for description of epoll_create1() epoll_wait.2 Another thread can add to epoll instance while epoll_wait is blocked See https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43072 Clarify that epoll_pwait() blocks calling *thread* A few wording improvements fchmodat.2 Note difference between glibc wrapper and underlying system call The wrapper function has a 'flags' argument (which currently serves no purpose), while the underlying system call does not. fcntl.2 Explain behaviour of F_GETLEASE during lease break Change type of arg from "long" to "int" Various fcntl(2) commands require an integral 'arg'. The man page said it must be "long" in all such cases. However, for the cases covered by POSIX, there is an explicit requirement that these arguments be "int".Petr Gajdos2012-04-24 06:49:16 +0000
f6f8d278cdAccepting request 113305 from Documentation
Stephan Kulow
2012-04-17 19:59:48 +0000