e9e44d9ecc- update to version 3.37 * New and rewritten pages getent.1 New page to document 'getent' binary provided by glibc * Changes to individual pages bdflush.2 Note that bdflush() is deprecated, and does nothing nfsservctl.2 Note that this system call was removed in Linux 3.1 ptrace.2 add extended description of various ptrace quirks Changes include: s/parent/tracer/g, s/child/tracee/g - ptrace interface now is sufficiently cleaned up to not treat tracing process as parent. Deleted several outright false statements: - pid 1 can be traced - tracer is not shown as parent in ps output - PTRACE_ATTACH is not "the same behavior as if tracee had done a PTRACE_TRACEME": PTRACE_ATTACH delivers a SIGSTOP. - SIGSTOP _can_ be injected. - Removed mentions of SunOS and Solaris as irrelevant. - Added a few more known bugs. Added a large block of text in DESCRIPTION which doesn't focus on mechanical description of each flag and operation, but rather tries to describe a bigger picture. The targeted audience is a person which is reasonably knowledgeable in Unix but did not spend years working with ptrace, and thus may be unaware of its quirks. This text went through several iterations of review by Oleg Nesterov and Tejun Heo.Petr Gajdos2012-03-12 07:40:21 +0000
ab97592e86- update to version 3.36 * New and rewritten pages sendmmsg.2 New page for sendmmsg(2) Some pieces inspired by an initial attempt by Stephan Mueller. * Newly documented interfaces in existing pages fallocate.2 Document FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE was added in Linux 2.6.38, for punching holes in the allocated space in a file. * Changes to individual pages dup.2 SYNOPSIS: Add "#include <fntl.h>" for O_* constants fallocate.2 Substantial restructuring of DESCRIPTION The addition of a second class of operation ("hole punching") to the man page made it clear that some significant restructuring is required. So I substantially reworked the page, including the preexisting material on the default "file allocation" operation. Add further details for FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE ERRORS: Add EPERM error case for FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE fork.2 NOTES: Describe clone() call equivalent to fork() fsync.2 Various improvements - explain the situation with disk caches better - remove the duplicate fdatasync() explanation in the NOTES section - remove an incorrect note about fsync() generally requiring two writesPetr Gajdos2012-03-05 07:39:23 +0000
f6519db3e6Accepting request 86637 from Documentation
Lars Vogdt
2011-10-05 15:46:25 +0000
67a42f55c7- update to version 3.35 * New and rewritten pages recvmmsg.2 New man page for recvmmsg(2) setns.2 New manual page for setns(2) Various improvements * Global changes * Various pages Global fix: remove spaces around em-dash Normal English typographical convention is not to have spaces around em dashes. * Various pages Global fix: s/null pointer/NULL pointer/ * Various pages Global fix: use ORing Use "ORing", not "OR'ing", nor an italic ".IR OR ing". * Various pages Global fix: consistent use of "null wide character" Bring more consistency to the discussion of "[terminating] null wide character" by writing (at least in the initial use in a page) "[terminating] null wide character (L'\0')". * Various pages Global fix: consistent use of "null byte" Bring more consistency to the discussion of "[terminating] null byte" by writing (at least in the initial use in a page) "[terminating] null byte ('\0')". mount.2, prctl.2Petr Gajdos2011-10-05 09:31:47 +0000
25a7489846- update to version 3.34 * New and rewritten pages rt_sigqueueinfo.2 New page for rt_sigqueueinfo(2) and rt_tgsigqueueinfo(2) This replaces the previous '.so' man page link file for rt_sigqueueinfo.2, which linked to this sigqueue() man page. cciss.4 New man page for cciss driver I obtained the information in this man page as a consequence of having worked on the cciss driver for the past several years, and having written considerable portions of it. Copyedit by mtk hpsa.4 New man page for the hpsa driver I obtained the information in this man page as a consequence of being the main author of the hpsa driver Copyedits my mtk * Newly documented interfaces in existing pages fstatat.2 Document AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT lseek.2 Document SEEK_HOLE and SEEK_DATA These flags, designed for discovering holes in a file, were added in Linux 3.1. Included comments from Eric Blake and Sunil Mushran. madvise.2 Add MADV_HUGEPAGE and MADV_NOHUGEPAGE Document the MADV_HUGEPAGE and MADV_NOHUGEPAGE flags added to madvise() in Linux 2.6.38. * New and changed linksPetr Gajdos2011-09-26 09:12:00 +0000
8a55c876f0Accepting request 84387 from Documentation
Sascha Peilicke
2011-09-26 08:09:10 +0000