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11 years agoReady for 3.45 man-pages-3.45
Michael Kerrisk [Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:17:19 +0000 (18:17 +0100)] 
Ready for 3.45

11 years agoRemoved trailing white space at end of lines
Michael Kerrisk [Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:17:09 +0000 (18:17 +0100)] 
Removed trailing white space at end of lines

11 years agowait.2, ttyname.3, undocumented.3: tstamp
Michael Kerrisk [Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:12:45 +0000 (18:12 +0100)] 
wait.2, ttyname.3, undocumented.3:  tstamp

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agoChanges: Ready for 3.45
Michael Kerrisk [Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:10:17 +0000 (18:10 +0100)] 
Changes: Ready for 3.45

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agosysctl.2: Mention CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL
Michael Kerrisk [Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:37:50 +0000 (17:37 +0100)] 
sysctl.2: Mention CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agosysctl.2: Calls to sysctl() log warnings to the kernel log since 2.6.24
Michael Kerrisk [Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:33:05 +0000 (17:33 +0100)] 
sysctl.2: Calls to sysctl() log warnings to the kernel log since 2.6.24

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agorecv.2: UNIX domain sockets support MSG_TRUNC since 3.4
Michael Kerrisk [Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:02:27 +0000 (17:02 +0100)] 
recv.2: UNIX domain sockets support MSG_TRUNC since 3.4

Reported-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agomkstemp.3: Deemphasize discussion of mode 066 in glibc 2.0.6
Michael Kerrisk [Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:22:58 +0000 (16:22 +0100)] 
mkstemp.3: Deemphasize discussion of mode 066 in glibc 2.0.6

Glibc 2.0.6 is now so ld that the discussion of details
of that version can be deemphasized placing just under
NOTES.

See https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51811

Reported-by: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agoelf.5: tfix
Felipe Pena [Tue, 18 Dec 2012 23:49:48 +0000 (00:49 +0100)] 
elf.5: tfix

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agosyscalls.2: Update various references to "i386" to "x86"
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:05:57 +0000 (22:05 +0100)] 
syscalls.2: Update various references to "i386" to "x86"

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agofallocate.2: srcfix: Affed FIXME
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:33:26 +0000 (20:33 +0100)] 
fallocate.2: srcfix: Affed FIXME

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agosysconf.3, cciss.4: Global fix: s/runtime/run time/
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:53:43 +0000 (19:53 +0100)] 
sysconf.3, cciss.4: Global fix: s/runtime/run time/

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agos390_runtime_instr.2: Minor fixes fo Jan's page
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:52:03 +0000 (19:52 +0100)] 
s390_runtime_instr.2: Minor fixes fo Jan's page

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agos390_runtime_instr.2: New page for s390-specific s390_runtime_instr(2)
Jan Glauber [Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:43:18 +0000 (19:43 +0100)] 
s390_runtime_instr.2: New page for s390-specific s390_runtime_instr(2)

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agoipv6.7: Minor fix to Gao Feng's patch
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:55:04 +0000 (19:55 +0100)] 
ipv6.7: Minor fix to Gao Feng's patch

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agoipv6.7: Add description of getsockopt() for IPV6_MTU
Gao Feng [Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:52:49 +0000 (19:52 +0100)] 
ipv6.7: Add description of getsockopt() for IPV6_MTU

In IPv4,IP_MTU is only supported by getsockopt.
In IPv6, we can use IPV6_MTU to set socket's MTU,
but the return value of getsockopt() is the path MTU.

Signed-off-by: Gao feng <gaofeng@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agosyscalls.2: Add s390_runtime_instr(2)
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:26:01 +0000 (19:26 +0100)] 
syscalls.2: Add s390_runtime_instr(2)

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agosendmmsg.2: Minor fix-ups for Elie De Brauwer's patch
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:21:40 +0000 (19:21 +0100)] 
sendmmsg.2: Minor fix-ups for Elie De Brauwer's patch

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agosendmmsg.2: Add example program for sendmmsg()
Elie De Brauwer [Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:14:27 +0000 (19:14 +0100)] 
sendmmsg.2: Add example program for sendmmsg()

The example uses sendmmsg() to send out a string "onetwo"
on a first datagram, where both halves originate from
distinct buffers and a second datagram contains "three",
coming from a single buffer.

Tested with netcat listening:
root@ubuntu:~# nc -l -u -p 1234
onetwothree

And tcpdump peeking:
root@ubuntu:~# tcpdump -c 2 -s 0 -X -ni lo tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode
listening on lo, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 65535 bytes
18:45:16.632134 IP 127.0.0.1.34715 > 127.0.0.1.1234: UDP, length 6
     0x0000:  4500 0022 c21c 4000 4011 7aac 7f00 0001  E.."..@.@.z.....
     0x0010:  7f00 0001 879b 04d2 000e fe21 6f6e 6574  ...........!onet
     0x0020:  776f                                     wo
18:45:16.633267 IP 127.0.0.1.34715 > 127.0.0.1.1234: UDP, length 5
     0x0000:  4500 0021 c21d 4000 4011 7aac 7f00 0001  E..!..@.@.z.....
     0x0010:  7f00 0001 879b 04d2 000d fe20 7468 7265  ............thre
     0x0020:  65                                       e
2 packets captured
4 packets received by filter
0 packets dropped by kernel

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agoipv6.7: srcfix: Added/updated FIXMEs
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:45:45 +0000 (17:45 +0100)] 
ipv6.7: srcfix: Added/updated FIXMEs

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agoip.7: srcfix: Added/updated FIXMEs
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 15 Dec 2012 15:25:28 +0000 (16:25 +0100)] 
ip.7: srcfix: Added/updated FIXMEs

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agotcp.7: srcfix: Added/updated FIXMEs
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:15:14 +0000 (18:15 +0100)] 
tcp.7: srcfix: Added/updated FIXMEs

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agosocket.7: Document 'sockaddr' and 'sockaddr_storage' types
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:44:58 +0000 (17:44 +0100)] 
socket.7: Document 'sockaddr' and 'sockaddr_storage' types

Reported-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agosocket.7: srcfix: updated FIXMEs
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:28:27 +0000 (16:28 +0100)] 
socket.7: srcfix: updated FIXMEs

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agoif_indextoname.3: New link to if_nametoindex.3:
Michael Kerrisk [Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:57:15 +0000 (09:57 +0100)] 
if_indextoname.3: New link to if_nametoindex.3:

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agoif_nametoindex.3: Minor fixes
Michael Kerrisk [Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:55:23 +0000 (09:55 +0100)] 
if_nametoindex.3: Minor fixes

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agoif_nametoindex.3: New page documenting if_nametoindex(3) and if_indextoname(3)
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki [Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:42:08 +0000 (08:42 +0100)] 
if_nametoindex.3: New page documenting if_nametoindex(3) and if_indextoname(3)

References:
    RFC 3542

    POSIX Man Page Set
        http://www.unix.com/man-page/POSIX/3posix/if_indextoname
        http://www.unix.com/man-page/POSIX/3posix/if_nametoindex

    OS X Developer Tools Manual Page
        http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/Manpages/man3/if_nameindex.3.html

    Source: sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/{if_index.c,ifaddrs.c}

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agoif_nameindex.3: Fix printf() specifier in example program
Michael Kerrisk [Thu, 13 Dec 2012 04:19:46 +0000 (05:19 +0100)] 
if_nameindex.3: Fix printf() specifier in example program

Reported-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agoundocumented.3: Remove some now documented functions
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:57:37 +0000 (14:57 +0100)] 
undocumented.3: Remove some now documented functions

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agoif_nameindex.3: Add an example program
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:15:29 +0000 (14:15 +0100)] 
if_nameindex.3: Add an example program

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agoif_nameindex.3: Edits, improvements and corrections to Hideaki's page
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:14:35 +0000 (14:14 +0100)] 
if_nameindex.3:  Edits, improvements and corrections to Hideaki's page

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agoif_freenameindex.3: New link to if_nameindex.3
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:53:28 +0000 (13:53 +0100)] 
if_freenameindex.3: New link to if_nameindex.3

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agoif_nameindex.3: Document if_nameindex(3) and if_freenameindex(3)
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki [Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:52:00 +0000 (13:52 +0100)] 
if_nameindex.3: Document if_nameindex(3) and if_freenameindex(3)

References:
    RFC 3542

    POSIX Man Page Set
        http://www.unix.com/man-page/POSIX/3posix/if_indexname
        http://www.unix.com/man-page/POSIX/3posix/if_freeindexname

    OS X Developer Tools Manual Page
    http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/Manpages/man3/if_nameindex.3.html

    Source: sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/{if_index.c,ifaddrs.c}

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agocapabilities.7: Correct URL for POSIX.1e draft
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 9 Dec 2012 10:26:50 +0000 (11:26 +0100)] 
capabilities.7: Correct URL for POSIX.1e draft

Reported-by: Rens van der Heijden <rens.vanderheijden@uni-ulm.de>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agounshare.2: srcfix: Added FIXME
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 5 Dec 2012 16:21:14 +0000 (17:21 +0100)] 
unshare.2: srcfix: Added FIXME

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agogettimeofday.2: srcfix: Added FIXME
Michael Kerrisk [Tue, 4 Dec 2012 11:41:30 +0000 (12:41 +0100)] 
gettimeofday.2: srcfix: Added FIXME

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agoclone.2: Since 2.6.30, CLONE_NEWIPC also supports POSIX message queues
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:59:42 +0000 (10:59 +0100)] 
clone.2: Since 2.6.30, CLONE_NEWIPC also supports POSIX message queues

See kernel commit 7eafd7c74c3f2e67c27621b987b28397110d643f

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agosyslog.2: Add mention of CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT
Michael Kerrisk [Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:32:35 +0000 (15:32 +0100)] 
syslog.2: Add mention of CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agosyslog.2: Clarify SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_UNREAD semantics
Michael Kerrisk [Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:19:42 +0000 (15:19 +0100)] 
syslog.2: Clarify SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_UNREAD semantics

SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_UNREAD returns the number of bytes
available for reading via SYSLOG_ACTION_READ.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agosyslog.2: Clarify semantics of SYSLOG_ACTION_CLEAR
Michael Kerrisk [Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:48:19 +0000 (14:48 +0100)] 
syslog.2: Clarify semantics of SYSLOG_ACTION_CLEAR

The SYSLOG_ACTION_CLEAR command (5) does not really clear
the ring buffer; rather it affects the semantics of what
is returned by commands 3 (SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_ALL) and
4 (SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_CLEAR).

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agosyslog.2: ffix
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:41:36 +0000 (14:41 +0100)] 
syslog.2: ffix

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agosyslog.2: Clarify where SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_ALL places data it reads
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:43:31 +0000 (12:43 +0100)] 
syslog.2: Clarify where SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_ALL places data it reads

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agosyslog.2: Substantially reorganize discussion of commands
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:42:38 +0000 (12:42 +0100)] 
syslog.2: Substantially reorganize discussion of commands

Make the layout if the discussion of the commands
more readable.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agosyslog.2: Clarify discussion of privileges for commands 3 and 10
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:04:14 +0000 (12:04 +0100)] 
syslog.2: Clarify discussion of privileges for commands 3 and 10

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agosyslog.2: Add kernel symbolic 'type' names
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:53:10 +0000 (11:53 +0100)] 
syslog.2: Add kernel symbolic 'type' names

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agoexec.3: ffix
Mike Frysinger [Tue, 27 Nov 2012 07:35:34 +0000 (08:35 +0100)] 
exec.3: ffix

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agowait.2: BUGS: Document odd waitid() behavior when 'infop' is NULL
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 26 Nov 2012 04:25:00 +0000 (05:25 +0100)] 
wait.2: BUGS: Document odd waitid() behavior when 'infop' is NULL

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agostrcmp.3: Enhance RETURN VALUE text and remove redundant text from DESCRIPTION
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 25 Nov 2012 16:22:27 +0000 (17:22 +0100)] 
strcmp.3: Enhance RETURN VALUE text and remove redundant text from DESCRIPTION

Note that sign of result equals sign of difference between
first two bytes that differ (treated as "unsigned char")."

Reported-by: Jon Grant <jg@jguk.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agomemcmp.3: Enhance RETURN VALUE text and remove redundant text from DESCRIPTION
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 25 Nov 2012 16:18:57 +0000 (17:18 +0100)] 
memcmp.3: Enhance RETURN VALUE text and remove redundant text from DESCRIPTION

Note that sign of result equals sign of difference between
first two bytes that differ (treated as "unsigned char")."

Reported-by: Jon Grant <jg@jguk.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agogetrlimit.2: Document Linux's nonstandard treatment or RLIMIT_CPU soft limit
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 25 Nov 2012 08:34:51 +0000 (09:34 +0100)] 
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 the
limit is encountered.  No other implementation that I tested
(Solaris 10, FreeBSD 9.0, OpenBSD 5.0) does this, and it seems
unlikely to be POSIX-conformant. The (Linux-specific)
RLIMIT_RTTIME soft limit exhibits similar behavior.

Reported-by: Trevor Woerner <twoerner@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agoproc.5: Note change of /proc/[pid]/limits file permissions in 2.6.36
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 24 Nov 2012 08:14:31 +0000 (09:14 +0100)] 
proc.5: Note change of /proc/[pid]/limits file permissions in 2.6.36

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agogetrlimit.2: Point reader at discussion of /proc/[pid]/limits in proc(5)
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 24 Nov 2012 08:08:04 +0000 (09:08 +0100)] 
getrlimit.2: Point reader at discussion of /proc/[pid]/limits in proc(5)

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agoipc.2: tfix
Thierry Vignaud [Thu, 22 Nov 2012 04:38:06 +0000 (05:38 +0100)] 
ipc.2: tfix

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agorpc.3: ffix
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:07:29 +0000 (13:07 +0100)] 
rpc.3: ffix

11 years agofopen.3: ffix
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:06:31 +0000 (13:06 +0100)] 
fopen.3: ffix

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agoconfstr.3: ffix
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:05:49 +0000 (13:05 +0100)] 
confstr.3: ffix

11 years agoproc.5: Correct description of SwapFree in /proc/meminfo
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 16 Nov 2012 06:57:20 +0000 (07:57 +0100)] 
proc.5: Correct description of SwapFree in /proc/meminfo

Reported-by: Jim Paris <jim@jtan.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agoproc.5: tfix
Michael Kerrisk [Fri, 16 Nov 2012 06:28:27 +0000 (07:28 +0100)] 
proc.5: tfix

Reported-by: Jim Paris <jim@jtan.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agogetifaddrs.3: Update description of ifa_data to Linux 2.6+ reality
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:02:28 +0000 (13:02 +0100)] 
getifaddrs.3: Update description of ifa_data to Linux 2.6+ reality

See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=526778

Reported-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agortnetlink.7: Update description of IFLA_STATS to Linux 2.6+ reality
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:01:19 +0000 (13:01 +0100)] 
rtnetlink.7: Update description of IFLA_STATS to Linux 2.6+ reality

See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=526778

Reported-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agortnetlink.7: ffix
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 11 Nov 2012 11:58:41 +0000 (12:58 +0100)] 
rtnetlink.7: ffix

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agoresolv.conf.5: Document IPv6 format for nameserver
Simon Paillard [Sun, 11 Nov 2012 11:08:29 +0000 (12:08 +0100)] 
resolv.conf.5: Document IPv6 format for nameserver

See: http://bugs.debian.org/610036
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agottyname.3: Fix confused text in ERRORS
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 11 Nov 2012 10:57:30 +0000 (11:57 +0100)] 
ttyname.3: Fix confused text in ERRORS

The existing text suggested that the ERRORS applied
only for ttyname_r(). However, 2 of the 3 errors
can occur for ttyname().

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agostat.2: Clarify description of EOVERFLOW error
Simon Paillard [Sun, 11 Nov 2012 10:37:03 +0000 (11:37 +0100)] 
stat.2: Clarify description of EOVERFLOW error

The EOVERFLOW error is not only for st_size, but also
inode and block size fields. See glibc source file
sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/xstatconv.c and kernel source
file fs/stat.c. Also, fix bit/byte confusion
See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=604928

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agoio_getevents.2: io_getevents() may cause segfault when called with invalid ctx_id
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 11 Nov 2012 08:08:32 +0000 (09:08 +0100)] 
io_getevents.2: io_getevents() may cause segfault when called with invalid ctx_id

For reference see: http://marc.info/?l=linux-aio&m=130089887002435&w=2

Signed-off-by: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agogetauxval.3: tfix
David Prévot [Sun, 11 Nov 2012 07:57:52 +0000 (08:57 +0100)] 
getauxval.3: tfix

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
11 years agoprctl.2: wfix
David Prévot [Sun, 11 Nov 2012 07:56:50 +0000 (08:56 +0100)] 
prctl.2: wfix

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11 years agosocket.7: Explain effect of SO_SNDTIMEO for connect()
Andi Kleen [Fri, 9 Nov 2012 05:58:36 +0000 (06:58 +0100)] 
socket.7: Explain effect of SO_SNDTIMEO for connect()

When SO_SNDTIMEO is set before connect(), then connect()
may return EWOULDBLOCK when the timeout fires.

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11 years agold.so.8: tfix
David Prévot [Fri, 9 Nov 2012 05:54:37 +0000 (06:54 +0100)] 
ld.so.8: tfix

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11 years agogetenv.3: tfix
David Prévot [Fri, 9 Nov 2012 05:54:20 +0000 (06:54 +0100)] 
getenv.3: tfix

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11 years agoptrace.2: tfix
David Prévot [Fri, 9 Nov 2012 05:53:19 +0000 (06:53 +0100)] 
ptrace.2: tfix

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11 years agotime.7: spfix
David Prévot [Fri, 9 Nov 2012 05:52:09 +0000 (06:52 +0100)] 
time.7: spfix

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11 years agodelete_module.2: Small rewording of description of effect of O_TRUNC
Michael Kerrisk [Thu, 8 Nov 2012 12:44:13 +0000 (13:44 +0100)] 
delete_module.2: Small rewording of description of effect of O_TRUNC

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11 years agodelete_module.2: tfix
Michael Kerrisk [Thu, 8 Nov 2012 12:37:10 +0000 (13:37 +0100)] 
delete_module.2: tfix

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11 years agoStart of man-pages-3.45: updating Changes and Changes.old
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 7 Nov 2012 13:30:54 +0000 (14:30 +0100)] 
Start of man-pages-3.45: updating Changes and Changes.old

11 years agoStart of man-pages-3.45: updating .Announce and .lsm files
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 7 Nov 2012 13:30:54 +0000 (14:30 +0100)] 
Start of man-pages-3.45: updating .Announce and .lsm files

11 years agoStart of man-pages-3.45: renaming .Announce and .lsm files
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 7 Nov 2012 13:30:54 +0000 (14:30 +0100)] 
Start of man-pages-3.45: renaming .Announce and .lsm files

11 years agoReady for 3.44 man-pages-3.44
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 7 Nov 2012 13:24:36 +0000 (14:24 +0100)] 
Ready for 3.44

11 years agoRemoved trailing white space at end of lines
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 7 Nov 2012 13:24:27 +0000 (14:24 +0100)] 
Removed trailing white space at end of lines

11 years agoclock_getres.2, clock_nanosleep.2, ipv6.7: tstamp
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 7 Nov 2012 13:23:14 +0000 (14:23 +0100)] 
clock_getres.2, clock_nanosleep.2, ipv6.7: tstamp

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11 years agoChanges: Ready for 3.44
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 7 Nov 2012 13:19:25 +0000 (14:19 +0100)] 
Changes: Ready for 3.44

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11 years agoinit_module.2: ffix
David Prévot [Wed, 7 Nov 2012 12:58:21 +0000 (13:58 +0100)] 
init_module.2: ffix

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11 years agoipc.2: tfix
David Prévot [Wed, 7 Nov 2012 12:47:30 +0000 (13:47 +0100)] 
ipc.2: tfix

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11 years agodelete_module.2: spfix
David Prévot [Wed, 7 Nov 2012 12:46:38 +0000 (13:46 +0100)] 
delete_module.2: spfix

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11 years agogetenv.3: SEE ALSO: add getauxval(3)
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 7 Nov 2012 12:04:34 +0000 (13:04 +0100)] 
getenv.3: SEE ALSO: add getauxval(3)

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11 years agold.so.8: SEE ALSO: add getauxval(3)
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 7 Nov 2012 12:04:28 +0000 (13:04 +0100)] 
ld.so.8: SEE ALSO: add getauxval(3)

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11 years agogetauxval.3: Document getauxval() function added in glibc 2.16
Michael Kerrisk [Wed, 7 Nov 2012 12:02:54 +0000 (13:02 +0100)] 
getauxval.3: Document getauxval() function added in glibc 2.16

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11 years agoproc.5: tfix
Simon Paillard [Mon, 5 Nov 2012 16:17:27 +0000 (17:17 +0100)] 
proc.5: tfix

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11 years agoproc.5: Minor fixes
David Prévot [Mon, 5 Nov 2012 16:14:57 +0000 (17:14 +0100)] 
proc.5: Minor fixes

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11 years agoproc.5: ffix
David Prévot [Mon, 5 Nov 2012 16:02:55 +0000 (17:02 +0100)] 
proc.5: ffix

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11 years agoipv6.7: ffix
David Prévot [Fri, 2 Nov 2012 05:57:34 +0000 (06:57 +0100)] 
ipv6.7: ffix

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11 years agoclock_getres.2, clock_nanosleep.2: Linking with -lrt is no longer needed from glibc...
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 29 Oct 2012 08:27:58 +0000 (09:27 +0100)] 
clock_getres.2, clock_nanosleep.2: Linking with -lrt is no longer needed from glibc 2.17 onward

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11 years agoclock_getcpuclockid.3: Linking with -lrt is no longer needed from glibc 2.17 onward
Michael Kerrisk [Mon, 29 Oct 2012 08:27:10 +0000 (09:27 +0100)] 
clock_getcpuclockid.3: Linking with -lrt is no longer needed from glibc 2.17 onward

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11 years agotime.7: Add a subsection on timer slack
Michael Kerrisk [Sun, 28 Oct 2012 06:37:42 +0000 (07:37 +0100)] 
time.7: Add a subsection on timer slack

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11 years agoproc.5: Default for /proc/sys/fs/protected_{hardlinks,symlinks} is now 0
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 27 Oct 2012 06:02:57 +0000 (08:02 +0200)] 
proc.5: Default for /proc/sys/fs/protected_{hardlinks,symlinks} is now 0

The default setting of 1 in/proc/sys/fs/protected_hardlinks
and /proc/sys/fs/protected_symlinks caused one too many
breakages for Linus's taste, so commit 561ec64ae67e changed
the default for both files to 0.

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11 years agofork.2: Note treatment of default timer slack value on fork()
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 27 Oct 2012 04:40:07 +0000 (06:40 +0200)] 
fork.2: Note treatment of default timer slack value on fork()

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11 years agoprctl.2: Document PR_SET_TIMERSLACK and PR_GET_TIMERSLACK
Michael Kerrisk [Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:42:13 +0000 (16:42 +0200)] 
prctl.2: Document PR_SET_TIMERSLACK and PR_GET_TIMERSLACK

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11 years agoexecve.2: Document treatment of SECBIT_KEEP_CAPS securebits flag on execve()
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 27 Oct 2012 04:29:16 +0000 (06:29 +0200)] 
execve.2: Document treatment of SECBIT_KEEP_CAPS securebits flag on execve()

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11 years agoexecve.2: Document treatment of PR_SET_PDEATHSIG on execve()
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 27 Oct 2012 04:28:48 +0000 (06:28 +0200)] 
execve.2: Document treatment of PR_SET_PDEATHSIG on execve()

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11 years agoprctl.2: tfix
Michael Kerrisk [Sat, 27 Oct 2012 04:07:36 +0000 (06:07 +0200)] 
prctl.2: tfix

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