-==================== Changes in man-pages-4.13 ====================
+==================== Changes in man-pages-5.07 ====================
Released: ????-??-??, Munich
in the changelog below) reports, notes, and ideas that have been
incorporated in changes in this release:
-Aleksa Sarai <asarai@suse.de>
-Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com>
-Benjamin Peterson <bp@benjamin.pe>
-Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig@rhi.hi.is>
-Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@openvz.org>
-Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
-David Wilder <dwilder@us.ibm.com>
-Dennis Knorr <dennis.knorr@muenchen.de>
-Don Brace <don.brace@microsemi.com>
-Douglas Caetano dos Santos <douglascs@taghos.com.br>
-Elliott Hughes <enh@google.com>
-Eugene Syromyatnikov <evgsyr@gmail.com>
-Fabio Scotoni <fabio@esse.ch>
-Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
-Jakub Wilk <jwilk@jwilk.net>
-Jason Noakes <jjnoakes@gmail.com>
-Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
-Jonas Grabber <jobegrabber@gmail.com>
-Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
-Konstantin Shemyak <konstantin@shemyak.com>
-Li Zhijian <lizhijian@cn.fujitsu.com>
-Marko Myllynen <myllynen@redhat.com>
-Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>
-Meelis Roos <mroos@linux.ee>
-Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
-Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
-NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
-Otto Ebeling <oebeling@github.mail.kapsi.fi>
-Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
-Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hpe.com>
-Sage Weil <sage@redhat.com>
-Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@courier-mta.com>
-Sergey Z. <zhurxx@gmail.com>
-Shrikant Giridhar <shrikantgiridhar@gmail.com>
-Stephan Müller <smueller@chronox.de>
-Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
-Tej Chajed <tchajed@mit.edu>
-Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
-Vincent Bernat <vincent@bernat.im>
-Yubin Ruan <ablacktshirt@gmail.com>
-Ильдар Низамов <niya3@mail.ru>
Apologies if I missed anyone!
New and rewritten pages
-----------------------
-pthread_mutex_consistent.3
- Yubin Ruan, Michael Kerrisk
- New page documenting pthread_mutex_consistent(3)
-
-pthread_mutexattr_getpshared.3
- Michael Kerrisk
- New page for pthread_mutexattr_getpshared(3) and pthread_mutexattr_setpshared(3)
-
-pthread_mutexattr_init.3
- Michael Kerrisk
- New page for pthread_mutexattr_init(3) and pthread_mutexattr_destroy(3)
-
-pthread_mutexattr_setrobust.3
- Yubin Ruan, Michael Kerrisk
- New page for pthread_mutexattr_setrobust(3) and pthread_mutexattr_getrobust(3)
-
-sysfs.5
- Michael Kerrisk [Mark Wielaard]
- New page documenting the sysfs filesystem
- Just a skeleton page so far, but perhaps it will be filled out
- over time.
-
Newly documented interfaces in existing pages
---------------------------------------------
-fcntl.2
- Jens Axboe, Michael Kerrisk
- Describe the set/get write hints commands that are added in Linux 4.13
- Document F_GET_RW_HINT, F_SET_RW_HINT, F_GET_FILE_RW_HINT, and
- F_SET_FILE_RW_HINT.
-
-ioctl_tty.2
- Aleksa Sarai, Michael Kerrisk
- Add TIOCGPTPEER documentation
-
-kcmp.2
- Cyrill Gorcunov
- Add KCMP_EPOLL_TFD description
-
-keyctl.2
- Eugene Syromyatnikov
- Document the KEYCTL_RESTRICT_KEYRING operation
- Eugene Syromyatnikov [Stephan Müller]
- Document the ability to provide KDF parameters in KEYCTL_DH_COMPUTE
-
New and changed links
---------------------
-pthread_mutexattr_destroy.3
- Michael Kerrisk
- New link to new pthread_mutexattr_init.3 page
-
-pthread_mutexattr_getrobust.3
- Michael Kerrisk
- New link to new pthread_mutexattr_setrobust.3 page
-
-pthread_mutexattr_getrobust_np.3
- Michael Kerrisk
- New link to new pthread_mutexattr_setrobust.3 page
-
-pthread_mutexattr_setpshared.3
- Michael Kerrisk
- New link to new pthread_mutexattr_getpshared.3 page
-
Global changes
--------------
-Various pages
- Michael Kerrisk
- Use .EX/.EE for EXAMPLE programs
-
-Various pages
- Michael Kerrisk
- Use consistent markup for code snippets
- Change .nf/.fi to .EX/.EE
-
-Various pages
- Michael Kerrisk
- Use consistent markup for code snippets
- The preferred form is
-
- .PP/.IP
- .in +4n
- .EX
- <code>
- .EE
- .in
- .PP/.IP
-
-Various pages
- Michael Kerrisk
- Formatting fix: replace blank lines with .PP/.IP
- Blank lines shouldn't generally appear in *roff source (other
- than in code examples), since they create large vertical
- spaces between text blocks.
-
-Various pages
- Michael Kerrisk [Bjarni Ingi Gislason]
- Add a non-breaking space between a number and a unit (prefix)
- Based on a patch by Bjarni Ingi Gislason.
-
-Various pages
- Michael Kerrisk [Bjarni Ingi Gislason]
- Use en-dash for ranges
- Based on a patch by Bjarni Ingi Gislason.
-
-A few pages
- Michael Kerrisk
- Fix misordering of sections
- Michael Kerrisk
- Fix order of SEE ALSO entries
-
Changes to individual pages
---------------------------
-ldd.1
- Michael Kerrisk
- Add more detail on ldd security implications, noting glibc 2.27 changes
-
-add_key.2
-backtrace.3
-syslog.3
- Michael Kerrisk
- Fix misordered SEE ALSO entries
-
-add_key.2
-request_key.2
-keyrings.7
- Eugene Syromyatnikov
- Update Linux documentation pointers
-
-chown.2
- Michael Kerrisk
- Update kernel version in note on support for grpid/nogrpid mount options
- There has been no change since Linux 2.6.25, so update the
- kernel version to 4.12.
-
-execve.2
- Michael Kerrisk
- SEE ALSO: add get_robust_list(2)
-
-getrandom.2
- Michael Kerrisk [Fabio Scotoni]
- SYNOPSIS: make return type of getrandom() 'ssize_t'
- This accords with glibc headers and the Linux kernel source.
-
-getrlimit.2
- Thiago Jung Bauermann
- Mention unit used by RLIMIT_CORE and RLIMIT_FSIZE
- Michael Kerrisk
- Note that RLIMIT_AS and RLIMIT_DATA are rounded down to system page size
- Michael Kerrisk
- Mention unit for RLIMIT_DATA
-
-getrlimit.2
-mmap.2
-malloc.3
- Jonas Grabber
- RLIMIT_DATA affects mmap (2) since Linux 4.7
-
-get_robust_list.2
- Michael Kerrisk
- Detail the operation of robust futex lists
- Michael Kerrisk
- Since Linux 2.6.28, robust futex lists also have an effect for execve(2)
- Michael Kerrisk
- Clarify that "thread ID" means "kernel thread ID"
- Michael Kerrisk
- SEE ALSO: add pthread_mutexattr_setrobust(3)
-
-ioctl_getfsmap.2
- Darrick J. Wong
- Correct semantics of FMR_OF_LAST flag
-
-ioctl_userfaultfd.2
- Mike Rapoport
- Document replacement of ENOSPC with ESRCH
- Mike Rapoport
- Update uffdio_api.features description
- There is no requirement that uffdio_api.features must be zero
- for newer kernels. This field actually defines what features
- space would like to enable.
-
-io_submit.2
- Sage Weil
- Acknowledge possibility of short return
- Note that the return value may be a value less than 'nr'
- if not all iocbs were queued at once.
-
-ipc.2
- Michael Kerrisk
- SEE ALSO: add svipc(7)
-
-keyctl.2
- Eugene Syromyatnikov
- mention keyctl_dh_compute(3) and keyctl_dh_compute_alloc (3)
- These functions have been added in keyutils 1.5.10
- Eugene Syromyatnikov
- Mention ENOMEM in ERRORS
- Eugene Syromyatnikov
- Update kernel documentation path reference
-
-move_pages.2
- Otto Ebeling [Michael Kerrisk]
- Note permission changes that occurred in Linux 4.13
-
-mprotect.2
- Michael Kerrisk [Shrikant Giridhar]
- Add warning about the use of printf() in the example code
-
-open.2
- NeilBrown
- Improve O_PATH documentation
- - fstatfs is now permitted.
- - ioctl isn't, and is worth listing explicitly
- - O_PATH allows an automount point to be opened with
- triggering the mount.
-
-prctl.2
-seccomp.2
- Eugene Syromyatnikov
- Update pointer to in-kernel seccomp documentation
-
-prctl.2
-ptrace.2
- Eugene Syromyatnikov
- Update pointer to in-kernel Yama documentation
-
-prctl.2
- Eugene Syromyatnikov
- Update pointer to in-kernel no_new_privs flag documentation
-
-readlink.2
- Michael Kerrisk [Jason Noakes]
- Fix an off-by-one error in example code
-
-seccomp.2
- Kees Cook
- Clarify SECCOMP_RET_KILL kills tasks not processes
-
-select_tut.2
- Michael Kerrisk [Sergey Z.]
- Clarify an ambiguity with respect to select() and EAGAIN
- See https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196345
-
-set_tid_address.2
- Elliott Hughes
- Note that there's no glibc wrapper for set_tid_address()
-
-socket.2
- Michael Kerrisk [Yubin Ruan]
- socket() uses the lowest available file descriptor
-
-_syscall.2
- Michael Kerrisk
- Remove redundant comment from EXAMPLE
- A discussion of the nroff source of the manual
- page isn't very useful...
-
-sysfs.2
- Michael Kerrisk
- Add a pointer to sysfs(5) to help possibly confused readers
- Michael Kerrisk
- Make it clearer near the start of the page that sysfs(2) is obsolete
-
-timer_create.2
- Michael Kerrisk
- Strengthen the warning about use of printf() in the example program
- Michael Kerrisk
- Update cross reference: signal(7) should be signal-safety(7)
-
-umount.2
- NeilBrown
- Revise MNT_FORCE description
- MNT_FORCE does not allow a busy filesystem to be unmounted. Only
- MNT_DETACH allows that. MNT_FORCE only tries to abort pending
- transactions, in the hope that might help umount not to block,
-
- Also, other filesystems than NFS support MNT_FORCE.
-
-unshare.2
- Eugene Syromyatnikov
- Update pointer to in-kernel unshare documentation
-
-wait.2
- Michael Kerrisk [Ильдар Низамов]
- POSIX.1-2008 TC1 clarifies treatment of 'si_pid' for waitid() WNOHANG
-
-cmsg.3
- Sukadev Bhattiprolu
- Add a scatter/gather buffer to sample code
- Michael Kerrisk
- Reorganize the text somewhat (no content changes)
-
-crypt.3
- Konstantin Shemyak [Michael Kerrisk]
- Add description of previously undocumented 'rounds' parameter
- Konstantin Shemyak
- Encryption isn't done with SHA-xxx, but with a function based on SHA-xxx
- Konstantin Shemyak
- Clarify that ending of the salt string with '$' is optional
-
-exit.3
- Michael Kerrisk
- Mention the prctl(2) PR_SET_PDEATHSIG operation
- Michael Kerrisk
- SEE ALSO: add get_robust_list(2)
- Michael Kerrisk
- Add a heading to delimit discussion of signals sent to other processes
-
-exp2.3
- Alex Henrie
- Remove C89 designation
-
-log1p.3
- Alex Henrie
- Document fixes to give EDOM or ERANGE on error
-
-matherr.3
- Michael Kerrisk
- Note that glibc 2.27 removes the 'matherr' mechanism
- Michael Kerrisk
- Remove crufty feature test macro requirements
-
-pow10.3
- Michael Kerrisk
- Note that pow10() is now obsolete in favor of exp10()
- Also, the pow10() functions are no longer supported by glibc,
- starting with version 2.27.
-
-sincos.3
- Michael Kerrisk
- Note that sincos() is intended to be more efficient than sin() + cos()
-
-cciss.4
-hpsa.4
- Eugene Syromyatnikov [Don Brace, Meelis Roos]
- Mention cciss removal in Linux 4.14
- During the Linux 4.13 development cycle, the cciss driver has been
- removed in favor of the hpsa driver, which has been amended with
- some legacy board support.
-
-initrd.4
-proc.5
-bootparam.7
- Eugene Syromyatnikov
- Update pointer to in-kernel initrd documentation
-
-initrd.4
- Eugene Syromyatnikov
- Update pointer to in-kernel root over NFS documentation
-
-intro.4
- Michael Kerrisk
- SEE ALSO: add mknod(1) and mknod(2)
-
-host.conf.5
- Michael Kerrisk
- Add cross-reference to hosts(5)
-
-locale.5
- Marko Myllynen
- Refer to existing locales for encoding details
- Since I don't think it would make sense to try to have different
- explanation for each glibc version on the locale(5) man page, I'm
- proposing that we apply the below patch so that we refer to
- existing locale definition files in general and not spell out the
- exact format or any certain locale as a definitive guideline.
-
-nologin.5
- Michael Kerrisk
- Add a sentence explaining why nologin is useful
-
-proc.5
- Eugene Syromyatnikov
- Document removal of htab-reclaim sysctl file
- This PPC-specific sysctl option has been removed in Linux 2.4.9.2,
- according to historic Linux repository commit log.
- Eugene Syromyatnikov
- Add description for cpuN lines in /proc/stat
- Eugene Syromyatnikov
- Add description for softirq line in /proc/stat
- Eugene Syromyatnikov
- Document removal of timer_stats file
- Michael Kerrisk
- Note Linux 4.9 changes to privileges for /proc/[pid]/timerslack_ns
- Michael Kerrisk
- Show command used to mount /proc
- Michael Kerrisk
- Explicitly note in intro that some /proc files are writable
- Eugene Syromyatnikov
- Update pointer to in-kernel SysRq documentation
- Michael Kerrisk
- SEE ALSO: add sysfs(5)
- Eugene Syromyatnikov
- Update pointer to in-kernel security keys documentation
- Benjamin Peterson
- Fix path to binfmt_misc docs
- Eugene Syromyatnikov
- Update pointer to in-kernel MTRR documentation
- Eugene Syromyatnikov
- Update reference to kernel's crypto API documentation
-
-tzfile.5
- Paul Eggert
- Sync from tzdb upstream
- This makes tzfile.5 a copy of the tzdb version, except that the
- tzdb version's first line is replaced by man-pages boilerplate.
- The new version documents version 3 format, among other things.
- Also, it removes the "Summary of the timezone information file
- format" section, which should no longer be needed due to
- improvements in the the part of the man page.
-
-capabilities.7
- Michael Kerrisk
- Note semantics for a program that is set-UID-root and has capabilities
- Note semantics for a program that is both set-user-ID-root and has
- file capabilities.
- Michael Kerrisk [Dennis Knorr]
- Note that a set-UID-root program may have an empty file capabilite set
-
-cgroups.7
- Michael Kerrisk
- SEE ALSO: systemd-cgls(1)
-
-cpuset.7
- Eugene Syromyatnikov
- Update pointer to in-kernel cpusets documentation
-
-keyrings.7
- Eugene Syromyatnikov
- Document description restriction for logon keys
- "logon" type has additional check that enforces colon-separated
- prefix in key descriptions.
- Eugene Syromyatnikov
- Add pointers to kernel's documentation
- Mostly because of assymmetric-keys.txt, which is outside
- security/keys for some reason.
-
-man-pages.7
- Michael Kerrisk
- Expand the guidance on formatting code snippets
-
-netlink.7
- David Wilder
- Change buffer size in example code about reading netlink message
- Michael Kerrisk [Rick Jones]
- Add a comment on 8192 buffer size in example code
-
-pthreads.7
- Michael Kerrisk
- SEE ALSO: add pthread_mutexattr_destroy(3) and pthread_mutexattr_init(3)
-
-signal.7
- Michael Kerrisk
- Since glibc 2.26, SIGUNUSED is no longer defined
-
-tcp.7
- Vincent Bernat
- tcp_tw_recycle is removed from Linux 4.12
- And it is completely broken.
-
-unicode.7
- Eugene Syromyatnikov
- Update pointer to in-kernel Unicode terminal support documentation
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