in the changelog below) reports, notes, and ideas that have been
incorporated in changes in this release:
+Afzal Mohammed <afzal.mohd.ma@gmail.com>
+Andrew Clayton <andrew@digital-domain.net>
+Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
+Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
+Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@gmail.com>
+Daniel Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
+Daniel Wagner <wagi@monom.org>
+Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
+Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
+Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org>
+Dr. Tobias Quathamer <toddy@debian.org>
+Elliott Hughes <enh@google.com>
+Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
+Eugene Syromyatnikov <evgsyr@gmail.com>
+Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
+Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
+Igor Liferenko <igor.liferenko@gmail.com>
+Jakub Wilk <jwilk@jwilk.net>
+Jann Horn <jann@thejh.net>
+Jeremy Harris <jgh@redhat.com>
+Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
+Keno Fischer <keno@juliacomputing.com>
+Laurent Georget <laurent.georget@supelec.fr>
+Laurent Georget <laurent@lgeorget.eu>
+Marcos Mello <marcosfrm@gmail.com>
+Michael Hausenblas <michael.hausenblas@gmail.com>
+Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
+Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
+Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
+Miroslav Koskar <mk@mkoskar.com>
+Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@redhat.com>
+Omar Sandoval <osandov@fb.com>
+Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@virtuozzo.com>
+Piotr Kwapulinski <kwapulinski.piotr@gmail.com>
+Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@sourceware.org>
+Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
+Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com>
+Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>
+Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
+Wainer dos Santos Moschetta <wainersm@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+Wang Long <long.wanglong@huawei.com>
+Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
+Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com>
Apologies if I missed anyone!
New and rewritten pages
-----------------------
+pkey_alloc.2
+ Dave Hansen [Michael Kerrisk]
+ New page documenting pkey_alloc(2) and pkey_free(2)
+
+pthread_getattr_default_np.3
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ New page documenting pthread_getattr_default_np(3) and pthread_setattr_default_np(3)
+
+strfromd.3
+ Wainer dos Santos Moschetta
+ New page documenting strfromd(3), strfromf(3), and strfroml(3)
+ The ISO/IEC TS 18661-1 specifies the strfrom() class
+ of functions that convert a float-point value to string.
+
+fuse.4
+ Keno Fischer [Michael Kerrisk]
+ New page describing /dev/fuse
+ This is my writeup of a basic description of /dev/fuse after
+ playing with it for a few hours today. It is of course woefully
+ incomplete, and since I neither have a use case nor am working
+ on this code, I will not be in a position to expand it in the
+ near future. However, I'm hoping this could still serve as a
+ handy reference for others looking at this interface.
+
+ [mtk: Notwithstanding the incompleteness of this page,
+ it's a good base for future extension.]
+
+tmpfs.5
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ New page documenting the tmpfs filesystem
+
+pkeys.7
+ Dave Hansen [Michael Kerrisk]
+ New page with overview of Memory Protection Keys
+
+random.7
+ Michael Kerrisk [Theodore Ts'o, Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos, Laurent Georget]
+ New page providing an overview of interfaces for obtaining randomness
+ Contains material extracted from getrandom(2) and random(4),
+ as well as new material.
+
+sock_diag.7
+ Pavel Emelyanov, Dmitry V. Levin
+ New page documenting NETLINK_SOCK_DIAG interface
+
+close.2
+getpriority.2
+nice.2
+timer_create.2
+timerfd_create.2
+random.4
+elf.5
+proc.5
+sched.7
+ Various authors
+ These pages also saw substantial updates, as described under
+ "Changes to individual pages".
+
Newly documented interfaces in existing pages
---------------------------------------------
+mmap.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Add (much) more detail on MAP_GROWSDOWN
+
+mprotect.2
+ Dave Hansen
+ Document the new pkey_mprotect() system call
+ Eugene Syromyatnikov
+ Document PROT_SEM, PROT_SAO, PROT_GROWSUP, and PROT_GROWSDOWN
+
+prctl.2
+ Eugene Syromyatnikov
+ Document PR_SET_FP_MODE and PR_GET_FP_MODE
+
+perf_event_open.2
+ Vince Weaver
+ PERF_RECORD_SWITCH support
+ Linux 4.3 introduced two new record types for recording context
+ switches: PERF_RECORD_SWITCH and PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE.
+ Vince Weaver
+ Add PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_CALL branch sample type
+ Vince Weaver
+ PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IND_JUMP branch_sample_type
+ Linux 4.2 added a new branch_sample_type: PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IND_JUMP
+ Vince Weaver
+ Document PERF_RECORD_MISC_PROC_MAP_PARSE_TIMEOUT
+ Vince Weaver
+ Document sample_max_stack and /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_stack
+ Linux 4.8 added a new sample_max_stack parameter, as well as
+ /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_stack which limits it and a new
+ EOVERFLOW error return.
+ Dave Hansen
+ PERF_RECORD_LOST_SAMPLES record type
+ Linux 4.2 added a new record type: PERF_RECORD_LOST_SAMPLES
+ It is generated when hardware samples (currently only Intel PEBS)
+ are lost.
+
+ptrace.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Document PTRACE_SECCOMP_GET_FILTER
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Document PTRACE_GET_THREAD_AREA and PTRACE_SET_THREAD_AREA
+
+namespaces.7
+ Michael Kerrisk [Eric W. Biederman]
+ Document the NS_GET_USERNS and NS_GET_PARENT ioctl() operations
+
+sched.7
+ Michael Kerrisk [Mike Galbraith]
+ Document the autogroup feature
+ Includes documenting autogroup nice value
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Autogrouping breaks traditional semantics of nice in many cases
+ When autogrouping is enabled (the default in many distros)
+ there are many traditional use cases where the nice value
+ ceases to have any effect.
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Add a subsection on nice value and group scheduling
+
New and changed links
---------------------
+killpg.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ New link to relocated killpg(3) page
+
+pkey_free.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ New link to new pkey_alloc(2) page
+
+pkey_mprotect.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ New link to mprotect(2)
+
+pthread_setattr_default_np.3
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ New link to new pthread_getattr_default_np.3
+
+strfromf.3
+ Wainer dos Santos Moschetta
+ New link to strfromd(3)
+
+strfroml.3
+ Wainer dos Santos Moschetta
+ New link to strfromd(3)
+
Global changes
--------------
+Various pages
+ Michael kerrisk
+ Remove ancient libc4 and libc5 details
+ It's nearly 20 years now since Linux libc went away.
+ Remove some ancient details from the pages.
+
+Various pages
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Add cross references to new tmpfs(5) page
+
+Various pages
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Change section number from 2 to 3 in killpg() references
+
Changes to individual pages
---------------------------
+accept.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Remove editorializing comments about 'socklen_t'
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Simplify the discussion of 'socklen_t'
+ We don't really need to list the old OSes in this discussion.
+
+adjtimex.2
+clock_getres.2
+gettimeofday.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ SEE ALSO: add hwclock(8)
+
+bind.2
+connect.2
+getpeername.2
+getsockname.2
+getsockopt.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Replace discussion of 'socklen_t' with reference to accept(2)
+ The discussion of 'socklen_t' editorializes and is repeated
+ across several pages. Replace it with a reference to accept(2),
+ where some details about this type are provided.
+
+chmod.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ SEE ALSO: add chmod(1)
+
+chown.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ SEE ALSO: add chgrp(1) and chown(1)
+
+chroot.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ SEE ALSO: add chroot(1)
+
+clone.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ The CLONE_*_SETTID operations store TID before return to user space
+ CLONE_PARENT_SETTID and CLONE_CHILD_SETTID store the new
+ TID before clone() returns to user space
+
+close.2
+ Michael Kerrisk [Daniel Wagner]
+ Rework and greatly extend discussion of error handling
+ Further clarify that an error return should be used only
+ for diagnostic or remedial purposes.
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Other UNIX implementations also close the FD, even if reporting an error
+ Looking at some historical source code suggests
+ that the "close() always closes regardless of error return"
+ behavior has a long history, predating even POSIX.1-1990.
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Note that future POSIX plans to require that the FD is closed on error
+ See http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=529#c1200.
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Clarify the variation in EINTR behavior per POSIX and other systems
+
+fallocate.2
+ Darrick J. Wong
+ Document behavior with shared blocks
+ Note that FALLOC_FL_UNSHARE may use CoW to unshare blocks to
+ guarantee that a disk write won't fail with ENOSPC.
+
+fanotify_mark.2
+ Heinrich Schuchardt
+ Mention FAN_Q_OVERFLOW
+ To receive overflow events it is necessary to set this bit
+ in fanotify_mark().
+
+fcntl.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ F_GETPIPE_SZ allocates next power-of-2 multiple of requested size
+ Add some detail about current implementation, since this helps
+ the user understand the effect of the user pipe limits added in
+ Linux 4.5 (described in pipe(7)).
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Add EPERM that occurs for F_SETPIPE_SZ when user pipe limit is reached
+
+fideduperange.2
+ Darrick J. Wong [Omar Sandoval]
+ Fix the discussion of maximum sizes
+ Fix the discussion of the limitations on the dest_count and
+ src_length parameters to the fideduperange ioctl() to reflect
+ what's actually in the kernel.
+
+fsync.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ SEE ALSO: add fileno(3)
+ fileno(3) is useful if one is combining fflush(3)/fclose(3)
+ and fsync(2).
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ SEE ALSO: add fflush(3)
+
+getgroups.2
+ Andrew Clayton
+ FTM requirements fix for setgroups(2)
+
+gethostname.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ SEE ALSO: add hostname(1)
+
+get_mempolicy.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Note that 'addr' must be NULL when 'flags' is 0
+
+getpriority.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Warn that autogrouping voids the effect of 'nice' in many cases
+ Refer the reader to sched(7) for the details.
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Expand discussion of getpriority() return value
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ The nice value supplied to setpriority() is clamped
+ Note that the nice value supplied to setpriority() is clamped
+ to the permitted range.
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Improve description of setpriority() return value
+
+getpriority.2
+sched.7
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Move nice value details from getpriority(2) to sched(7)
+ Centralizing these details in sched(7) is more logical.
+
+getrandom.2
+random.4
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Consolidate and improve discussion on usage of randomness
+ Currently, recommendations on how to consume randomness are
+ spread across both getrandom(2) and random(4) and the general
+ opinion seems to be that the text in getrandom(2) does a
+ somewhat better job. Consolidate the discussion to a single
+ page (getrandom(2)) and address some of the concerns
+ expressed about the existing text in random(4).
+ [Some of this text ultimately made its way into the new
+ random(7) page.]
+
+getrandom.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Remove material incorporated into random(7)
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Note advantages of fact that getrandom() doesn't use file descriptors
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Clarify that getrandom() is not "reading" from /dev/{random,urandom}
+
+getrlimit.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Refer to sched(7) in discussion of RLIMIT_RTPRIO and RLIMIT_RTTIME
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Describe the range of the RLIMIT_NICE limit
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Refer to sched(7) in the discussion of RLIMIT_NICE
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ SEE ALSO: add credentials(7)
+
+ioctl_ficlonerange.2
+ioctl_fideduperange.2
+ Darrick J. Wong
+ Clarify the behavior of the FIDEDUPERANGE ioctl
+
+kill.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ SEE ALSO: add kill(1)
+
+mbind.2
+ Michael Kerrisk [Christoph Lameter]
+ Memory policy is a per-thread attribute, not a per-process attribute
+
+mbind.2
+set_mempolicy.2
+ Piotr Kwapulinski [Christoph Lameter, Michael Kerrisk]
+ Add MPOL_LOCAL NUMA memory policy documentation
+
+mount.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ SEE ALSO: add mountpoint(1)
+
+mprotect.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ CONFORMING TO: note that pkey_mprotect() is Linux-specific
+
+nice.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Warn that autogrouping voids the effect of 'nice' in many cases
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ CONFORMING TO: Remove an ancient SVr4 detail on errno values
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Rework discussion of nice() return value and standards conformance
+ Make the text a little clearer. In particular, clarify that the
+ raw system call (still) returns 0 on success.
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Clarify the range of the nice value, and note that it is clamped
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Add mention of RLIMIT_NICE
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Move discussion of handling the -1 success return to RETURN VALUE
+ This detail was rather hidden in NOTES. Also, rework the text
+ a little.
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Clarify that nice() changes the nice value of the calling *thread*
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Add "C library/kernel differences" subsection heading
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Add reference to sched(7) for further details on the nice value
+
+open.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ ubifs supports O_TMPFILE starting with Linux 4.9
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Document ENOMEM that occurs when opening FIFO because of pipe hard limit
+
+perf_event_open.2
+ Vince Weaver
+ Add cycles field in LBR records
+ Linux 4.3 added a cycles field to the PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK
+ last branch records.
+ Vince Weaver
+ Update time_shift sample code
+ Linux 4.3 improved the accuracy of the clock/ns conversion routines.
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Clarify the use of signals for capturing overflow events
+
+pipe.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Add ENFILE error for user pipe hard limit reached
+
+prctl.2
+ Eugene Syromyatnikov
+ Some additional details regarding the PR_GET_UNALIGNED operation
+ Eugene Syromyatnikov
+ Note the output buffer size for PR_GET_TID_ADDRESS operation on x32/n32
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Remove numeric definitions of PR_FP_MODE_FR and PR_FP_MODE_FRE bits
+
+ptrace.2
+ Keno Fischer
+ Document the behavior of PTRACE_SYSEMU stops
+ Keno Fischer
+ Expand documentation PTRACE_EVENT_SECCOMP traps
+ In Linux 4.8, the order of PTRACE_EVENT_SECCOMP and
+ syscall-entry-stops was reversed. Document both behaviors and
+ their interaction with the various forms of restart.
+
+quotactl.2
+ Eugene Syromyatnikov
+ Describe Q_XQUOTASYNC, which is present but no-op in recent kernels
+
+reboot.2
+ Wang Long
+ Note errors for invalid commands inside a PID namespace
+
+sched_setattr.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Fix cross reference for further info on the nice value
+ The information moved from getpriority(2) to sched(7).
+
+sched_setscheduler.2
+ Michael Kerrisk [Daniel Berrange]
+ Mention SCHED_DEADLINE
+ Give the reader a clue that there is another policy
+ available that can't be set via sched_setscheduler(2).
+
+seccomp.2
+ Jann Horn
+ Document changed interaction with ptrace
+ Before kernel 4.8, the seccomp check will not be run again
+ after the tracer is notified. Fixed in kernel 4.9.
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ NOTES: mention ptrace(PTRACE_SECCOMP_GET_FILTER) to dump seccomp filters
+
+set_mempolicy.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Reformat list of modes
+
+setsid.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Improve wording of text on calling setsid() after fork()+_exit()
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ SEE ALSO: add sched(7)
+ List sched(7), because setsid(2) is part of the machinery
+ of autogrouping.
+
+sigaction.2
+ Dave Hansen
+ Further documentation of SEGV_PKUERR
+
+signalfd.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Document ssi_addr_lsb field of signalfd_siginfo
+
+symlink.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ SEE ALSO: add namei(1)
+
+sync_file_range.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Fix description for ESPIPE error
+ A file descriptor can't refer to a symbolic link.
+
+syscalls.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Add pkey_alloc(), pkey_free(), and pkey_mprotect()
+ New system calls in Linux 4.9.
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Add ppc_swapcontext(2)
+
+timer_create.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Document CLOCK_BOOTTIME
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Document CLOCK_REALTIME_ALARM and CLOCK_BOOTTIME_ALARM
+
+timerfd_create.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Document CLOCK_BOOTTIME, CLOCK_REALTIME_ALARM, and CLOCK_BOOTTIME_ALARM
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Document TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Rework discussion on relative and absolute timers
+
+unlink.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ SEE ALSO: add unlink(2)
+
+utime.2
+utimensat.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ SEE ALSO: add touch(1)
+
+wait.2
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ On some architectures, waitpid() is a wrapper that calls wait4().
+
+atof.3
+ Wainer dos Santos Moschetta
+ SEE ALSO: add strfromd(3)
+
+ctime.3
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Add ERRORS section
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ RETURN VALUE: describe return values more explicitly
+
+errno.3
+ Michael Kerrisk [Igor Liferenko]
+ Add glibc error text for EILSEQ
+
+fclose.3
+fflush.3
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ SEE ALSO: add fileno(2)
+
+getlogin.3
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Remove deprecated _REENTRANT from FTM requirements for getlogin_r()
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ SEE ALSO: add logname(1)
+
+isalpha.3
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Note circumstances where 'c' must be cast to 'unsigned char'
+
+killpg.3
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Move killpg.2 from section to to section 3
+
+mallopt.3
+ Michael Kerrisk [Siddhesh Poyarekar]
+ Document 0 as default value of M_ARENA_MAX and explain its meaning
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Improve description of M_ARENA_TEST
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Document default value for M_ARENA_TEST
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Note default value of M_PERTURB
+
+mbsnrtowcs.3
+ Michael Kerrisk [Igor Liferenko]
+ Note behavior of mbsnrtowcs() for an incomplete character
+ Note the behavior of mbsnrtowcs() when an incomplete character
+ is found at end of the input buffer.
+
+mbstowcs.3
+wcstombs.3
+ Michael Kerrisk [Igor Liferenko]
+ Improve language relating to "initial state"
+ See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=839705
+
+mbstowcs.3
+ Michael Kerrisk [Igor Liferenko]
+ Add missing include to example program
+ See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845172
+
+mq_close.3
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ DESCRIPTION: add reference to mq_notify(3)
+
+mq_open.3
+ Eugene Syromyatnikov
+ Clarification regarding usage of mq_flags attribute in mq_open()
+
+mq_receive.3
+mq_send.3
+ Eugene Syromyatnikov
+ Clarification regarding reasons behind EBADF
+
+printf.3
+ Wainer dos Santos Moschetta
+ SEE ALSO: add strfromd(3)
+
+pthread_attr_init.3
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ SEE ALSO: add pthread_setattr_default_np(3)
+
+pthread_create.3
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ SEE ALSO: add pthread_setattr_default_np(3)
+
+ptsname.3
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Note that ptsname_r() is proposed for future inclusion in POSIX.1
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ CONFORMING TO:: clarify that only ptsname() is standardized (so far)
+
+remainder.3
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Note fix to remainder(nan(""), 0) handling
+ The bug https://www.sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6779
+ has been fixed in glibc 2.15.
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Document fixes for EDOM handling for range errors
+ The bug http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6783
+ was fixed in glibc 2.15.
+
+setjmp.3
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ _BSD_SOURCE must be *explicitly* defined to get BSD setjmp() semantics
+
+strtod.3
+ Wainer dos Santos Moschetta
+ SEE ALSO: add strfromd(3)
+
+tgamma.3
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Document fixes to give ERANGE for underflow range error
+ The bug https://www.sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6810
+ was fixed in glibc 2.19.
+
+timegm.3
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Add ERRORS section
+ Michael Kerrisk [Vincent Lefevre]
+ Add RETURN VALUE section
+
+tmpnam.3
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Properly document tmpnam_r(3)
+
+toupper.3
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Note circumstances where 'c' must be cast to 'unsigned char'
+
+ttyname.3
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ SEE ALSO: add tty(1)
+
+console_ioctl.4
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Add brief descriptive text for KDGKBMODE modes
+ Miroslav Koskar
+ Add K_OFF keyboard mode
+
+random.4
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Add reference to new random(7) page
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Rework formatting of /proc interfaces
+ Make the information easier to parse by formatting the file
+ descriptions as hanging lists. No significant content changes.
+ Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos [Laurent Georget]
+ Provide a more accurate description of /dev/urandom
+ This documents the "property" of /dev/urandom of being able to
+ serve numbers prior to pool being initialized, and removes any
+ suggested usages of /dev/random which are disputable
+ (i.e., one-time pad). Document the fact /dev/random is only
+ suitable for applications which can afford indeterminate delays
+ since very few applications can do so. Smooth the alarming
+ language about a theoretical attack, and mention that its
+ security depends on the cryptographic primitives used by the
+ kernel, as well as the total entropy gathered.
+ Michael Kerrisk [Laurent Georget, Theodore Ts'o]
+ Improve discussion of /dev/urandom, blocking reads, and signals
+ The text currently states that O_NONBLOCK has no effect for
+ /dev/urandom, which is true. It also says that reads from
+ /dev/urandom are nonblocking. This is at the least confusing.
+ If one attempts large reads (say 10MB) from /dev/urandom
+ there is an appreciable delay, and interruption by a signal
+ handler will result in a short read. Amend the text to
+ reflect this.
+
+elf.5
+ Mike Frysinger
+ Add subsection headers at major points
+ The current pages dumps all the content into one big DESCRIPTION
+ with no real visual break up between logically independent
+ sections. Add some subsection headers to make it easier to
+ read and scan.
+ Mike Frysinger
+ Document notes
+ Document the Elf{32,64}_Nhdr structure, the sections/segments that
+ contain notes, and how to interpret them. I've been lazy and only
+ included the GNU extensions here, especially as others are not
+ defined in the elf.h header file as shipped by glibc.
+
+filesystems.5
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ SEE ALSO: add fuse(4)
+
+proc.5
+ Dave Hansen
+ Describe new ProtectionKey 'smaps' field
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Add example ProtectionKey output for 'smaps' file
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Add pointers to sched(7) for autogroup files
+ sched(7) describes /proc/sys/kernel/sched_autogroup_enabled
+ and /proc/PID/autogroup.
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Add /proc/sys/fs/pipe-user-pages-{hard,soft} entries
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Improve description of the KernelPageSize and MMUPageSize 'smaps' fields
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Rework 'smaps' ProtectionKey text and add some details
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Mention lslocks(8) in discussion of /proc/locks
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Describe Shmem field of /proc/meinfo
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Rework 'smaps' VmFlags text, and add kernel version and example output
+
+proc.5
+pipe.7
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Move /proc/sys/fs/pipe-max-size content from proc(5) to pipe(7)
+
+resolv.conf.5
+ Carlos O'Donell [Florian Weimer]
+ Timeout does not map to resolver API calls
+
+utmp.5
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ SEE ALSO: add users(1)
+
+capabilities.7
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ CAP_SYS_ADMIN governs ptrace(2) PTRACE_SECCOMP_GET_FILTER
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ CAP_SYS_ADMIN allows privileged ioctl() operations on /dev/random
+
+cgroups.7
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Add details on 'cpu' CFS bandwidth control
+
+credentials.7
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ SEE ALSO: add setpriv(1)
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ SEE ALSO: add shadow(5)
+
+feature_test_macros.7
+ Michael Kerrisk [Zack Weinberg]
+ Note that _REENTRANT and _THREAD_SAFE are now deprecated
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Note that "cc -pthread" defines _REENTRANT
+
+inotify.7
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Note a subtlety of event generation when monitoring a directory
+
+libc.7
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Add a note on why glibc 2.x uses the soname libc.so.6
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Add a few historical details on Linux libc4 and libc5
+ Just for historical interest. Details taken from
+ http://www.linux-m68k.org/faq/glibcinfo.html.
+
+mdoc.7
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Add a cross-reference to groff_mdoc(7)
+
+mount_namespaces.7
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ SEE ALSO: add user_namespaces(7)
+
+mount_namespaces.7
+user_namespaces.7
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Migrate subsection on mount restrictions to mount_namespaces(7)
+ This section material in the user_namespaces(7) page was written
+ before the creation of the mount_namespaces(7) manual page.
+ Nowadays, this material properly belongs in the newer page.
+
+netlink.7
+ Dmitry V. Levin
+ Document NETLINK_INET_DIAG rename to NETLINK_SOCK_DIAG
+ Dmitry V. Levin
+ Add references to sock_diag(7)
+
+pid_namespaces.7
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Refer to namespaces(7) for information about NS_GET_PARENT
+
+pipe.7
+ Michael Kerrisk, Vegard Nossum [Vegard Nossum]
+ Document /proc files controlling memory usage by pipes
+ Document /proc/sys/fs/pipe-max-size and
+ /proc/sys/fs/pipe-user-pages-{soft,hard}.
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Document pre-Linux 4.9 bugs in pipe limit checking
+
+sched.7
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Add a new introductory paragraph describing the nice value
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Add more precise details on CFS's treatment of the nice value
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Mention RLIMIT_NICE in the discussion of the nice value
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ NOTES: mention cgroups CPU controller
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Add introductory sentence mentioning CFS scheduler
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Add nice(2), getpriority(2), and setpriority(2) to API list
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Make it clearer that SCHED_OTHER is always scheduled below real-time
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Give the page a more generic NAME
+ The page isn't just about APIs.
+
+standards.7
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ POSIX.1-2016 (POSIX.1-2008 TC2) has now been released
+
+symlink.7
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ SEE ALSO: add namei(1)
+
+uri.7
+ Jakub Wilk
+ Use "example.com" as example domain
+
+user_namespaces.7
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Add reference to namespaces(7) for NS_GET_USERNS operation
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Add reference to namespaces(7) for NS_GET_PARENT operation
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