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9 years agosyscalls.2: Remove some details for sync_file_range2()
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:52:37 +0000 (19:52 +0100)] 
syscalls.2: Remove some details for sync_file_range2()

Make the table a bit simpler. The details can anyway be
found in the system call man page.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
9 years agosyscalls.2: Note kernel version that added setup()
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:51:23 +0000 (19:51 +0100)] 
syscalls.2: Note kernel version that added setup()

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9 years agosyscalls.2: Note kernel version that introduced ppc_rtas()
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:48:53 +0000 (19:48 +0100)] 
syscalls.2: Note kernel version that introduced ppc_rtas()

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
9 years agosyscalls.2: Note kernel version that introduced create_module()
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:44:17 +0000 (19:44 +0100)] 
syscalls.2: Note kernel version that introduced create_module()

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9 years agosyscalls.2: Note kernel() version that introduced get_kernel_syms()
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:42:56 +0000 (19:42 +0100)] 
syscalls.2: Note kernel() version that introduced get_kernel_syms()

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9 years agosyscalls.2: tfix
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:42:06 +0000 (19:42 +0100)] 
syscalls.2: tfix

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9 years agosyscalls.2: wfix
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:41:24 +0000 (19:41 +0100)] 
syscalls.2: wfix

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9 years agosyscalls.2: Simplify table entry for subpage_prot()
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:37:45 +0000 (19:37 +0100)] 
syscalls.2: Simplify table entry for subpage_prot()

We don't need the CONFIG option in the table.
That info can be found in the corresponding page.

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9 years agosyscalls.2: wfix
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:36:04 +0000 (19:36 +0100)] 
syscalls.2: wfix

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9 years agosyscalls.2: ffix
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:34:52 +0000 (19:34 +0100)] 
syscalls.2: ffix

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9 years agosyscall.2: wfix
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:55:41 +0000 (19:55 +0100)] 
syscall.2: wfix

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9 years agosyscall.2: ffix
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 18 Jan 2015 11:54:25 +0000 (12:54 +0100)] 
syscall.2: ffix

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9 years agosyscall.2: Reformat "bool error" information
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 18 Jan 2015 11:47:58 +0000 (12:47 +0100)] 
syscall.2: Reformat "bool error" information

Take the "bool error" info into a separate paragraph,
so that the table does not exceed 80 columns.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
9 years agosyscall.2: add arm64 and mips
Kees Cook [Sun, 18 Jan 2015 07:22:04 +0000 (23:22 -0800)] 
syscall.2: add arm64 and mips

Added mips to tables. Extra column added for boolean error register, since
both ia64 and mips use this convention. Added explicit non-register argument
passing note for mips/o32.

Added arm64 to tables.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
9 years agosigaction.2: Minor fix: consistent sentence formatting in 'si_code' lists
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 18 Jan 2015 11:27:57 +0000 (12:27 +0100)] 
sigaction.2: Minor fix: consistent sentence formatting in 'si_code' lists

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9 years agosigaction.2: Minor fix: format kernel version numbers consistently in 'si_code' lists
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 18 Jan 2015 11:25:27 +0000 (12:25 +0100)] 
sigaction.2: Minor fix: format kernel version numbers consistently in 'si_code' lists

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9 years agosigaction.2: ffix
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 18 Jan 2015 11:23:46 +0000 (12:23 +0100)] 
sigaction.2: ffix

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9 years agosigaction.2: wfix
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 18 Jan 2015 11:20:59 +0000 (12:20 +0100)] 
sigaction.2: wfix

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9 years agosigaction.2: tfix
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 18 Jan 2015 11:16:55 +0000 (12:16 +0100)] 
sigaction.2: tfix

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9 years agosigaction.2: srcfix
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 18 Jan 2015 11:13:25 +0000 (12:13 +0100)] 
sigaction.2: srcfix

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9 years agoptrace.2: srcfix
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 18 Jan 2015 11:09:19 +0000 (12:09 +0100)] 
ptrace.2: srcfix

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9 years agoptrace.2, sigaction.2, seccomp.2: Ptrace and siginfo details
Kees Cook [Sun, 18 Jan 2015 06:26:17 +0000 (22:26 -0800)] 
ptrace.2, sigaction.2, seccomp.2: Ptrace and siginfo details

While writing some additional seccomp tests, I realized
PTRACE_EVENT_SECCOMP wasn't documented yet. Fixed this, and added
additional notes related to ptrace events SIGTRAP details.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
9 years agoutimensat.2: If both tv_sec fields are UTIME_OMIT, the file need not exist
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 18 Jan 2015 10:45:29 +0000 (11:45 +0100)] 
utimensat.2: If both tv_sec fields are UTIME_OMIT, the file need not exist

As noted by Elliot, if both tv_sec fields are UTIME_OMIT,
utimensat() will return success even if the file does not exist.

Reported-by: Elliot Hughes <enh@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
9 years agogetpw.3: tfix
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 22:20:00 +0000 (23:20 +0100)] 
getpw.3: tfix

Reported-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
9 years agold.so.8: tfix
Jessica McKellar [Sat, 10 Jan 2015 21:17:18 +0000 (22:17 +0100)] 
ld.so.8: tfix

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9 years agofexecve.3: Rewrite the script+close-on-exec problem as a BUG
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 10 Jan 2015 20:16:34 +0000 (21:16 +0100)] 
fexecve.3: Rewrite the script+close-on-exec problem as a BUG

Also, add one or two details about this scenario.

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9 years agofexecve.3: The natural idiom when using fexecve() is to use the close-on-exec flag
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 10 Jan 2015 20:14:58 +0000 (21:14 +0100)] 
fexecve.3: The natural idiom when using fexecve() is to use the close-on-exec flag

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9 years agoexecveat.2: Minor change to text in BUGS on close-on-exec problem
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 13:50:57 +0000 (14:50 +0100)] 
execveat.2: Minor change to text in BUGS on close-on-exec problem

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9 years agoexecveat.2: tfix
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 10 Jan 2015 20:30:27 +0000 (21:30 +0100)] 
execveat.2: tfix

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9 years agoexecveat.2: Note that employing the close-on-exec flag is usually desirable
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 10 Jan 2015 20:29:51 +0000 (21:29 +0100)] 
execveat.2: Note that employing the close-on-exec flag is usually desirable

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9 years agoexecveat.2: Note the value of argv[0] passed to script interpreters
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 10 Jan 2015 08:28:26 +0000 (09:28 +0100)] 
execveat.2: Note the value of argv[0] passed to script interpreters

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9 years agoexecveat.2: The error for AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW on a symlink is ELOOP (not EINVAL)
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 10 Jan 2015 07:53:33 +0000 (08:53 +0100)] 
execveat.2: The error for AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW on a symlink is ELOOP (not EINVAL)

Reported-by: David Drysdale <drysdale@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
9 years agoexecveat.2: BUGS: Describe the close-on-exec problem for scripts
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 10 Jan 2015 07:37:39 +0000 (08:37 +0100)] 
execveat.2: BUGS: Describe the close-on-exec problem for scripts

Reported-by: Rich Felker <dalias@aerifal.cx>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
9 years agoexecveat.2: Add EINVAL case for AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 9 Jan 2015 15:39:41 +0000 (16:39 +0100)] 
execveat.2: Add EINVAL case for AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW

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9 years agoexecveat.2: Add CONFORMING TO section
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 9 Jan 2015 14:57:01 +0000 (15:57 +0100)] 
execveat.2: Add CONFORMING TO section

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9 years agoexecveat.2: Note that glibc support is not yet provided
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 9 Jan 2015 14:54:59 +0000 (15:54 +0100)] 
execveat.2: Note that glibc support is not yet provided

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9 years agoexecveat.2: Light edits to new page
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 9 Jan 2015 14:11:42 +0000 (15:11 +0100)] 
execveat.2: Light edits to new page

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9 years agofexecve.3: srcfix: Add FIXME
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 9 Jan 2015 13:38:24 +0000 (14:38 +0100)] 
fexecve.3: srcfix: Add FIXME

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9 years agoopen.2: Add execveat(2) in system call list under "Rationale for openat()"
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 9 Jan 2015 13:25:32 +0000 (14:25 +0100)] 
open.2: Add execveat(2) in system call list under "Rationale for openat()"

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9 years agoexec.3: SEE ALSO: add execveat(2)
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 9 Jan 2015 15:28:48 +0000 (16:28 +0100)] 
exec.3: SEE ALSO: add execveat(2)

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9 years agoexecve.2, fexecve.3: SEE ALSO: add execveat(2)
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 9 Jan 2015 13:25:05 +0000 (14:25 +0100)] 
execve.2, fexecve.3: SEE ALSO: add execveat(2)

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9 years agoexecveat.2: Initial man page for execveat(2)
David Drysdale [Mon, 24 Nov 2014 11:53:59 +0000 (11:53 +0000)] 
execveat.2: Initial man page for execveat(2)

Signed-off-by: David Drysdale <drysdale@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
9 years agopthreads.7: tfix
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 07:26:49 +0000 (08:26 +0100)] 
pthreads.7: tfix

Reported-by: Michael Hayes <mike@aiinc.ca>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
9 years agocapabilities.7: Minor improvement of detail
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 07:15:05 +0000 (08:15 +0100)] 
capabilities.7: Minor improvement of detail

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9 years agocapabilities.7: tfix
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 07:13:29 +0000 (08:13 +0100)] 
capabilities.7: tfix

Reported-by: Christian Seiler <christian@iwakd.de>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
9 years agoperf_event_open.2: ffix
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 07:05:53 +0000 (08:05 +0100)] 
perf_event_open.2: ffix

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9 years agosetup.2: ffix
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 07:05:00 +0000 (08:05 +0100)] 
setup.2: ffix

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9 years agollseek.2: srcfix
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 07:02:57 +0000 (08:02 +0100)] 
llseek.2: srcfix

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9 years agosetns.2: ffix
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 07:01:01 +0000 (08:01 +0100)] 
setns.2: ffix

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9 years agoconnect.2: ffix
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 06:59:52 +0000 (07:59 +0100)] 
connect.2: ffix

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9 years agotowupper.3: ffix
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 06:56:01 +0000 (07:56 +0100)] 
towupper.3: ffix

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9 years agotowlower.3: ffix
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 06:55:51 +0000 (07:55 +0100)] 
towlower.3: ffix

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9 years agoresolv.conf.5: ffix
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 06:55:40 +0000 (07:55 +0100)] 
resolv.conf.5: ffix

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9 years agosched_setattr.2: ffix
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 06:55:31 +0000 (07:55 +0100)] 
sched_setattr.2: ffix

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9 years agoseccomp.2: ffix
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 06:55:21 +0000 (07:55 +0100)] 
seccomp.2: ffix

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9 years agoexecve.2: ffix
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 06:55:01 +0000 (07:55 +0100)] 
execve.2: ffix

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9 years agoalarm.2: ffix
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 06:54:43 +0000 (07:54 +0100)] 
alarm.2: ffix

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9 years agouser_namespaces.7: tfix
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 06:50:15 +0000 (07:50 +0100)] 
user_namespaces.7: tfix

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9 years agolocale.5: Correct variable name
Akihiro Motoki [Thu, 15 Jan 2015 17:26:18 +0000 (02:26 +0900)] 
locale.5: Correct variable name

I think "positive_sign" is used.

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9 years agoadjtimex.2: ffix
Akihiro Motoki [Thu, 15 Jan 2015 17:24:17 +0000 (02:24 +0900)] 
adjtimex.2: ffix

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9 years agopid_namespaces.7: wfix
Akihiro Motoki [Thu, 15 Jan 2015 17:23:40 +0000 (02:23 +0900)] 
pid_namespaces.7: wfix

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9 years agoprintf.3: ffix
Akihiro Motoki [Thu, 15 Jan 2015 17:22:43 +0000 (02:22 +0900)] 
printf.3: ffix

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9 years agorename.2: tfix
Akihiro Motoki [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 06:45:23 +0000 (07:45 +0100)] 
rename.2: tfix

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9 years agogetpw.3: Describe return value when 'uid' is not found
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 06:43:03 +0000 (07:43 +0100)] 
getpw.3: Describe return value when 'uid' is not found

Reported-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
9 years agounshare.2: ffix
Akihiro Motoki [Thu, 15 Jan 2015 17:21:28 +0000 (02:21 +0900)] 
unshare.2: ffix

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
9 years agoclone.2: ffix
Akihiro Motoki [Thu, 15 Jan 2015 17:20:53 +0000 (02:20 +0900)] 
clone.2: ffix

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9 years agogetpwent_r.3: wfix
Carlos O'Donell [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 03:42:07 +0000 (22:42 -0500)] 
getpwent_r.3: wfix

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9 years agogetgrent_r.3: wfix
Carlos O'Donell [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 03:42:19 +0000 (22:42 -0500)] 
getgrent_r.3: wfix

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9 years agogetline.3: Consistency fix: use "stream" as name for "FILE *" argument
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 06:11:25 +0000 (07:11 +0100)] 
getline.3: Consistency fix: use "stream" as name for "FILE *" argument

Inspired by Carlos O'Donell's recent patches.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
9 years agofopencookie.3: Consistency fix: use "stream" as name for "FILE *" argument
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 06:10:52 +0000 (07:10 +0100)] 
fopencookie.3: Consistency fix: use "stream" as name for "FILE *" argument

Inspired by Carlos O'Donell's recent patches.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
9 years agofmemopen.3: Consistency fix: use "stream" as name for "FILE *" argument
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 06:08:45 +0000 (07:08 +0100)] 
fmemopen.3: Consistency fix: use "stream" as name for "FILE *" argument

Inspired by Carlos O'Donell's patches.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
9 years agogetpwent_r.3: wfix
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 05:58:18 +0000 (06:58 +0100)] 
getpwent_r.3: wfix

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9 years agogetspnam.3: wfix
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 05:57:47 +0000 (06:57 +0100)] 
getspnam.3: wfix

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9 years agogetgrent_r.3: wfix
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 05:56:25 +0000 (06:56 +0100)] 
getgrent_r.3: wfix

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9 years agogetmntent.3: Consistency fix: use "stream" as name for "FILE *" argument
Carlos O'Donell [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 03:18:33 +0000 (22:18 -0500)] 
getmntent.3: Consistency fix: use "stream" as name for "FILE *" argument

Harmonize all the manual pages to use "stream" for FILE*
instead of randomly using "fp" or "stream." Choosing something
and being consistent helps users scan the man pages quickly
and understand what they are looking at.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
9 years agogetpwent_r.3: Consistency fix: use "stream" as name for "FILE *" argument
Carlos O'Donell [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 03:18:26 +0000 (22:18 -0500)] 
getpwent_r.3: Consistency fix: use "stream" as name for "FILE *" argument

Harmonize all the manual pages to use "stream" for FILE*
instead of randomly using "fp" or "stream." Choosing something
and being consistent helps users scan the man pages quickly
and understand what they are looking at.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
9 years agogetspnam.3: Consistency fix: use "stream" as name for "FILE *" argument
Carlos O'Donell [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 03:18:21 +0000 (22:18 -0500)] 
getspnam.3: Consistency fix: use "stream" as name for "FILE *" argument

Harmonize all the manual pages to use "stream" for FILE*
instead of randomly using "fp" or "stream." Choosing something
and being consistent helps users scan the man pages quickly
and understand what they are looking at.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
9 years agogetgrent_r.3: Consistency fix: use "stream" as name for "FILE *" argument
Carlos O'Donell [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 03:18:16 +0000 (22:18 -0500)] 
getgrent_r.3: Consistency fix: use "stream" as name for "FILE *" argument

Harmonize all the manual pages to use "stream" for FILE*
instead of randomly using "fp" or "stream." Choosing something
and being consistent helps users scan the man pages quickly
and understand what they are looking at.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
9 years agomalloc_info.3: Consistency fix: use "stream" as name for "FILE *" argument
Carlos O'Donell [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 03:18:29 +0000 (22:18 -0500)] 
malloc_info.3: Consistency fix: use "stream" as name for "FILE *" argument

Harmonize all the manual pages to use "stream" for FILE*
instead of randomly using "fp" or "stream." Choosing something
and being consistent helps users scan the man pages quickly
and understand what they are looking at.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
9 years agoputgrent.3: Consistency fix: use "stream" as name for "FILE *" argument
Carlos O'Donell [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 03:18:24 +0000 (22:18 -0500)] 
putgrent.3: Consistency fix: use "stream" as name for "FILE *" argument

Harmonize all the manual pages to use "stream" for FILE*
instead of randomly using "fp" or "stream." Choosing something
and being consistent helps users scan the man pages quickly
and understand what they are looking at.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
9 years agofclose.3: Consistency fix: use "stream" as name for "FILE *" argument
Carlos O'Donell [Fri, 16 Jan 2015 03:18:18 +0000 (22:18 -0500)] 
fclose.3: Consistency fix: use "stream" as name for "FILE *" argument

Harmonize all the manual pages to use "stream" for FILE*
instead of randomly using "fp" or "stream." Choosing something
and being consistent helps users scan the man pages quickly
and understand what they are looking at.

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9 years agogetrlimit.2: Reformat EPERM error cases into separate entries
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 13 Jan 2015 10:33:36 +0000 (11:33 +0100)] 
getrlimit.2: Reformat EPERM error cases into separate entries

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9 years agogetrlimit.2: Update text on RLIMIT_NOFILE ceiling to refer to /proc/sys/fs/file-max
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 13 Jan 2015 10:31:16 +0000 (11:31 +0100)] 
getrlimit.2: Update text on RLIMIT_NOFILE ceiling to refer to /proc/sys/fs/file-max

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9 years agoproc.5: Remove bogus statement about NR_OPEN being a ceiling for file-max
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 13 Jan 2015 10:26:44 +0000 (11:26 +0100)] 
proc.5: Remove bogus statement about NR_OPEN being a ceiling for file-max

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9 years agoproc.5: Document /proc/sys/fs/nr_open
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 13 Jan 2015 10:15:05 +0000 (11:15 +0100)] 
proc.5: Document /proc/sys/fs/nr_open

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9 years agoselect.2: Mention RLIMIT_NOFILE as a possible cause of EINVAL error
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 13 Jan 2015 09:28:34 +0000 (10:28 +0100)] 
select.2: Mention RLIMIT_NOFILE as a possible cause of EINVAL error

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9 years agoopen.2: Refer to RLIMIT_NOFILE for explanation of EMFILE error
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 13 Jan 2015 09:26:41 +0000 (10:26 +0100)] 
open.2: Refer to RLIMIT_NOFILE for explanation of EMFILE error

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9 years agoerrno.3: The RLIMIT_NOFILE resource limit is a common cause of EMFILE
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 13 Jan 2015 09:23:30 +0000 (10:23 +0100)] 
errno.3: The RLIMIT_NOFILE resource limit is a common cause of EMFILE

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9 years agodup.2: Add reference to RLIMIT_NOFILE for EMFILE error
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 13 Jan 2015 09:19:46 +0000 (10:19 +0100)] 
dup.2: Add reference to RLIMIT_NOFILE for EMFILE error

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9 years agofcntl.2: Add reference to RLIMIT_NOFILE for F_DUPFD EINVAL error on 'arg'.
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 13 Jan 2015 09:17:50 +0000 (10:17 +0100)] 
fcntl.2: Add reference to RLIMIT_NOFILE for F_DUPFD EINVAL error on 'arg'.

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9 years agodup.2: Add reference to RLIMIT_NOFILE for EBADF error on 'newfd'.
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 13 Jan 2015 09:15:45 +0000 (10:15 +0100)] 
dup.2: Add reference to RLIMIT_NOFILE for EBADF error on 'newfd'.

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9 years agodup.2: wfix
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 13 Jan 2015 09:14:10 +0000 (10:14 +0100)] 
dup.2: wfix

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9 years agoget_robust_list.2: VERSIONS: Remove redundant statement about using syscall(2)
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 12 Jan 2015 11:31:53 +0000 (12:31 +0100)] 
get_robust_list.2: VERSIONS: Remove redundant statement about using syscall(2)

This point is also covered in NOTES; no need to duplicate.

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9 years agoStart of man-pages-3.78: updating Changes and Changes.old
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 10 Jan 2015 15:09:05 +0000 (16:09 +0100)] 
Start of man-pages-3.78: updating Changes and Changes.old

9 years agoStart of man-pages-3.78: updating .Announce and .lsm files
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 10 Jan 2015 15:09:05 +0000 (16:09 +0100)] 
Start of man-pages-3.78: updating .Announce and .lsm files

9 years agoStart of man-pages-3.78: renaming .Announce and .lsm files
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 10 Jan 2015 15:09:05 +0000 (16:09 +0100)] 
Start of man-pages-3.78: renaming .Announce and .lsm files

9 years agoReady for 3.77 man-pages-3.77
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 10 Jan 2015 15:05:57 +0000 (16:05 +0100)] 
Ready for 3.77

9 years agoChanges: Expanded tabs
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 10 Jan 2015 15:05:50 +0000 (16:05 +0100)] 
Changes: Expanded tabs

9 years agoperf_event_open.2, seccomp.2, setns.2, shmget.2, memchr.3, pthread_tryjoin_np.3,...
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 10 Jan 2015 15:05:01 +0000 (16:05 +0100)] 
perf_event_open.2, seccomp.2, setns.2, shmget.2, memchr.3, pthread_tryjoin_np.3, strstr.3, random.4, epoll.7, netlink.7, pid_namespaces.7, tcp.7: tstamp

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9 years agoChanges: Ready for 3.77
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 10 Jan 2015 15:02:28 +0000 (16:02 +0100)] 
Changes: Ready for 3.77

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