From 11fd5e7c2adf91e562465bea8250e019aebaad2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2020 13:12:57 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] membarrier.2, openat2.2, insque.3, proc.5, tzfile.5, hier.7: Minor grammar fix Don't hyphenate after adjective ending in "ly". See, for example: https://www.dragoman.ist/compound-modifiers-with-words-ending-in-ly/ https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/6-common-hypercorrections-and-how-to-avoid-them/between-you-and-i Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man2/membarrier.2 | 2 +- man2/openat2.2 | 4 ++-- man3/insque.3 | 4 ++-- man5/proc.5 | 2 +- man5/tzfile.5 | 2 +- man7/hier.7 | 4 ++-- 6 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/membarrier.2 b/man2/membarrier.2 index f65c6be5c..24a24ba86 100644 --- a/man2/membarrier.2 +++ b/man2/membarrier.2 @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ is Linux-specific. .\" .BR rseq (2) .SH NOTES A memory barrier instruction is part of the instruction set of -architectures with weakly-ordered memory models. +architectures with weakly ordered memory models. It orders memory accesses prior to the barrier and after the barrier with respect to matching barriers on other cores. diff --git a/man2/openat2.2 b/man2/openat2.2 index ff5204040..3ea50138b 100644 --- a/man2/openat2.2 +++ b/man2/openat2.2 @@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ as symbolic links are very widely used by end-users. Setting this flag indiscriminately\(emi.e., for purposes not specifically related to security\(emfor all uses of .BR openat2 () -may result in spurious errors on previously-functional systems. +may result in spurious errors on previously functional systems. This may occur if, for example, a system pathname that is used by an application is modified (e.g., in a new distribution release) @@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ as bind mounts are widely used by end-users. Setting this flag indiscriminately\(emi.e., for purposes not specifically related to security\(emfor all uses of .BR openat2 () -may result in spurious errors on previously-functional systems. +may result in spurious errors on previously functional systems. This may occur if, for example, a system pathname that is used by an application is modified (e.g., in a new distribution release) diff --git a/man3/insque.3 b/man3/insque.3 index 88c8033f2..153032c86 100644 --- a/man3/insque.3 +++ b/man3/insque.3 @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ The .BR insque () and .BR remque () -functions manipulate doubly-linked lists. +functions manipulate doubly linked lists. Each element in the list is a structure of which the first two elements are a forward and a backward pointer. @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ call should also point to the element. The .BR remque () function removes the element pointed to by \fIelem\fP from the -doubly-linked list. +doubly linked list. .SH ATTRIBUTES For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see .BR attributes (7). diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5 index ac58c789a..77ddd733f 100644 --- a/man5/proc.5 +++ b/man5/proc.5 @@ -4072,7 +4072,7 @@ full; that is, user space is not able to read messages fast enough. (8) sequence number. Every queued packet is associated with a (32-bit) -monotonically-increasing sequence number. +monotonically increasing sequence number. This shows the ID of the most recent packet queued. .RE .IP diff --git a/man5/tzfile.5 b/man5/tzfile.5 index 29c219b44..d701231cf 100644 --- a/man5/tzfile.5 +++ b/man5/tzfile.5 @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ design goal has been that a reader can successfully use a TZif file even if the file is of a later TZif version than what the reader was designed for. When complete compatibility was not achieved, an attempt was -made to limit glitches to rarely-used timestamps, and to allow +made to limit glitches to rarely used timestamps, and to allow simple partial workarounds in writers designed to generate new-version data useful even for older-version readers. This section attempts to document these compatibility issues and diff --git a/man7/hier.7 b/man7/hier.7 index b3be5c452..becbc78dc 100644 --- a/man7/hier.7 +++ b/man7/hier.7 @@ -513,10 +513,10 @@ Reserved for historical reasons. Data cached for programs. .TP .I /var/cache/fonts -Locally-generated fonts (optional). +Locally generated fonts (optional). .TP .I /var/cache/man -Locally-formatted man pages (optional). +Locally formatted man pages (optional). .TP .I /var/cache/www WWW proxy or cache data (optional).