crypt.3
mtk, after a Fedora downstream patch
Describe additional encryption algorithms.
- See also: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428280.
+ See also: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428280.
errno.3
mtk
Michael Kerrisk
Linux now imposes a floor on the ARG_MAX limit
Starting with Linux 2.6.23, the ARG_MAX limit became
- settable via (1/4 of) RLIMIT_STACK. This broke ABI
- compatibility if RLIMIT_STACK was set such that ARG_MAX
- was < 32 pages. Document the fact that since 2.6.25
- Linux imposes a floor on ARG_MAX, so that the old limit
- of 32 pages is guaranteed.
+ settable via (1/4 of) RLIMIT_STACK. This broke ABI
+ compatibility if RLIMIT_STACK was set such that ARG_MAX
+ was < 32 pages. Document the fact that since 2.6.25
+ Linux imposes a floor on ARG_MAX, so that the old limit
+ of 32 pages is guaranteed.
For some background on the changes to ARG_MAX in
- kernels 2.6.23 and 2.6.25, see:
+ kernels 2.6.23 and 2.6.25, see:
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5786
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10095
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/646709/focus=648101,
checked into 2.6.25 as
- commit a64e715fc74b1a7dcc5944f848acc38b2c4d4ee2.
+ commit a64e715fc74b1a7dcc5944f848acc38b2c4d4ee2.
Also some reordering/rewording of the discussion of ARG_MAX.
Michael Kerrisk
Note lack of glibc wrapper; caller must use syscall(2)
Glibc doesn't (and quite probably won't) include a
- wrapper for this system call. Therefore, point out that
- potential callers will need to use syscall(2), and rewrite
- the RETURN VALUE text to show things as they would be if
- syscall() is used.
+ wrapper for this system call. Therefore, point out that
+ potential callers will need to use syscall(2), and rewrite
+ the RETURN VALUE text to show things as they would be if
+ syscall() is used.
Michael Kerrisk
Refer reader to posix_fallocate(3) for portable interface
Add a para to start of page that points out that this is the
low-level, Linux-specific API, and point the reader to
- posix_fallocate(3) for the portable API.
+ posix_fallocate(3) for the portable API.
getdents.2
readdir.3
Michael Kerrisk
s/dirent/linux_dirent/
The structure isn't currently defined in glibc headers,
- and the kernel name of the structure is 'linux_dirent' (as
+ and the kernel name of the structure is 'linux_dirent' (as
was already used in some, but not all, places in this page).
getrlimit.2
Michael Kerrisk
Split umount*() out into a separate page
The length of this page means that it's becoming difficult
- to parse which info is specific to mount() versus
- umount()/umount2(), so split the umount material out into
- its own page.
+ to parse which info is specific to mount() versus
+ umount()/umount2(), so split the umount material out into
+ its own page.
pause.2
Michael Kerrisk
Michael Kerrisk
s/dirent/old_linux_dirent/
Nowadays, this is the name of the structure in the
- kernel sources.
+ kernel sources.
Michael Kerrisk
Remove words "which may change"
These words are slightly bogus: although the interface
- is obsolete, for ABI-compatibility reasons, the kernel folk
- should never be changing this interface.
+ is obsolete, for ABI-compatibility reasons, the kernel folk
+ should never be changing this interface.
Michael Kerrisk
Remove header files from SYNOPSIS
glibc doesn't provide any support for readdir(2),
Michael Kerrisk
Explain how thread's pending signal set is defined
The pending set is the union of per-thread pending signals
- and process-wide pending signals.
+ and process-wide pending signals.
sigprocmask.2
Michael Kerrisk
hsearch.3
André Goddard Rosa
Call hdestroy() after using hash table created by hcreate(),
- for the sake of completeness
+ for the sake of completeness
mq_getattr.3
Michael Kerrisk
fstatat.2
Michael Kerrisk [David Howells]
Document AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT
- This flag was added in Linux 2.6.38.
+ This flag was added in Linux 2.6.38.
lseek.2
Michael Kerrisk [Eric Blake, Sunil Mushran]
Neil Horman
Document the SO_RXQ_OVFL socket option
Michael Kerrisk
- Add kernel version number for SO_RXQ_OVFL
+ Add kernel version number for SO_RXQ_OVFL
New and changed links
"fileutils", which long ago become coreutils, and the
piece under NOTES note some behavior of sync(2)
that ceased to be true many years ago. The man-pages
- project generally focuses on only Linux kernel and
+ project generally focuses on only Linux kernel and
(g)libc interfaces, so this sync(8) page doesn't really
- belong. Furthermore, coreutils has a sync(1) page which
- covers the same command. After discussions on the
- coreutils list, I've decided to retire this page from
- man-pages.
+ belong. Furthermore, coreutils has a sync(1) page which
+ covers the same command. After discussions on the
+ coreutils list, I've decided to retire this page from
+ man-pages.
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