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==================== Changes in man-pages-3.65 ====================
==================== Changes in man-pages-3.66 ====================
Released: 2014-04-20, Munich
Released: ????-??-??, Munich
Contributors
@ -10,25 +10,6 @@ The following people contributed patches/fixes or (noted in brackets
in the changelog below) reports, notes, and ideas that have been
incorporated in changes in this release:
Alex Thorlton <athorlton@sgi.com>
Ashish Sangwan <a.sangwan@samsung.com>
Christopher Covington <cov@codeaurora.org>
Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Craig McQueen <craig.mcqueen@beamcommunications.com>
Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
Greg Troxel <gdt@ir.bbn.com>
Matthew Dempsky <mdempsky@chromium.org>
Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@samsung.com>
Peng Haitao <penght@cn.fujitsu.com>
Petr Gajdos <pgajdos@suse.cz>
Richard Hansen <rhansen@bbn.com>
Simon Paillard <spaillard@debian.org>
Steven Stewart-Gallus <sstewartgallus00@mylangara.bc.ca>
Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Yuri Kozlov <yuray@komyakino.ru>
Apologies if I missed anyone!
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New and rewritten pages
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inet_net_pton.3
Michael Kerrisk
New page describing inet_net_pton(3) and inet_net_ntop(3)
Newly documented interfaces in existing pages
---------------------------------------------
fallocate.2
Michael Kerrisk, Namjae Jeon [Christoph Hellwig, Dave Chinner]
Document FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE
prctl.2
Michael Kerrisk [Alex Thorlton]
Document PR_SET_THP_DISABLE and PR_GET_THP_DISABLE
proc.5
Michael Kerrisk
Document /proc/[pid]/stack
Michael Kerrisk
Document /proc/[pid]/clear_refs
New and changed links
---------------------
inet_net_ntop.3
Michael Kerrisk
New link to new inet_net_pton.3
Global changes
--------------
Changes to individual pages
---------------------------
fcntl.2
Michael Kerrisk
Note the race when O_CLOEXEC is used at same time as fork()+execve()
madvise.2
Michael Kerrisk
SEE ALSO: see prctl(2)
Because of PR_SET_THP_DISABLE.
mlock.2
Michael Kerrisk
Describe treatment of MCL_FUTURE during fork(2) and execve(2)
msync.2
Michael Kerrisk [Richard Hansen, Greg Troxel]
Warn that one of MS_SYNC or MS_ASYNC is required
open.2
Michael Kerrisk
Add more detail on the race that O_CLOEXEC is designed to avoid
Michael Kerrisk [Matthew Dempsky]
Remove crufty text stating that O_DIRECTORY is Linux-specific
Michael Kerrisk
Note which filesystems support O_TMPFILE
perf_event_open.2
Vince Weaver [Michael Kerrisk]
Clarify EACCES and EPERM errors
Clarify the reasons for EACCES and EPERM errors.
Vince Weaver [Michael Kerrisk]
Make the ERRORS section more comprehensive.
Determined both by code inspection and by writing a large
number of test programs.
personality.2
Michael Kerrisk
Available execution domains are listed in <sys/personality.h>
Michael Kerrisk
Fix discussion of return value
prctl.2
Michael Kerrisk
ERRORS: document EINVAL for PR_GET_NO_NEW_PRIVS
ERRORS: document EINVAL for PR_SET_PDEATHSIG
ERRORS: document EINVAL for PR_SET_TIMING
ERRORS: document EINVAL for PR_SET_DUMPABLE
ERRORS: document EINVAL for PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS
shmget.2
Michael Kerrisk
Rewrite description of SHMMNI default value
Michael Kerrisk
Note default value of SHMMAX
Note default value for SHMALL
byteorder.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread-safe
The functions htonl(), htons(), ntohl() and ntohs() are thread
safe.
fexecve.3
Michael Kerrisk [Steven Stewart-Gallus]
If 'fd' is a close-on-exec file descriptor for a script, fexecve() fails
See https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=74481
ffs.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread-safe
The functions ffs(), ffsl() and ffsll() are thread safe.
getauxval.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note function that is thread-safe
The function getauxval() is thread safe.
getcontext.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread-safe
The functions getcontext() and setcontext() are thread safe.
getsubopt.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note function that is thread-safe
The function getsubopt() is thread safe.
getutmp.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread-safe
The functions getutmp() and getutmpx() are thread safe.
inet.3
Michael Kerrisk
Note success and error return for inet_aton()
inet.3
Michael Kerrisk [Craig McQueen]
The form 'a.b' if is suitable for Class A addresses (not class C)
Michael Kerrisk
SEE ALSO: add inet_net_pton(3)
makecontext.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread-safe
The functions makecontext() and swapcontext() are thread safe.
pthread_attr_setdetachstate.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread-safe
The functions pthread_attr_setdetachstate() and
pthread_attr_getdetachstate() are thread safe.
pthread_attr_setguardsize.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread-safe
The functions pthread_attr_setguardsize() and
pthread_attr_getguardsize() are thread safe.
sigsetops.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread-safe
The functions sigemptyset(), sigfillset(), sigaddset(),
sigdelset(), sigismember(), sigisemptyset(), sigorset() and
sigandset() are thread safe.
proc.5
Petr Gajdos
Improve /proc/[pid]/smaps entries description
Michael Kerrisk
/proc/PID/smaps is present only if CONFIG_PROC_PAGE_MONITOR
Michael Kerrisk
Note kernel version for /proc/sys/kernel/{shmall,shmmax}
Michael Kerrisk
Note kernel version for /proc/sys/kernel/{msgmax,msgmnb}
capabilities.7
Michael Kerrisk
SEE ALSO: add capsh(1)
libc.7
Michael Kerrisk
Add musl libc

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name_to_handle_at(2) and open_by_handle_at(2) optionally follow symlinks
Michael Kerrisk
Mention use of readlink(2) to read contents of a symlink
==================== Changes in man-pages-3.65 ====================
Released: 2014-04-20, Munich
Contributors
------------
The following people contributed patches/fixes or (noted in brackets
in the changelog below) reports, notes, and ideas that have been
incorporated in changes in this release:
Alex Thorlton <athorlton@sgi.com>
Ashish Sangwan <a.sangwan@samsung.com>
Christopher Covington <cov@codeaurora.org>
Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Craig McQueen <craig.mcqueen@beamcommunications.com>
Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
Greg Troxel <gdt@ir.bbn.com>
Matthew Dempsky <mdempsky@chromium.org>
Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@samsung.com>
Peng Haitao <penght@cn.fujitsu.com>
Petr Gajdos <pgajdos@suse.cz>
Richard Hansen <rhansen@bbn.com>
Simon Paillard <spaillard@debian.org>
Steven Stewart-Gallus <sstewartgallus00@mylangara.bc.ca>
Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Yuri Kozlov <yuray@komyakino.ru>
Apologies if I missed anyone!
New and rewritten pages
-----------------------
inet_net_pton.3
Michael Kerrisk
New page describing inet_net_pton(3) and inet_net_ntop(3)
Newly documented interfaces in existing pages
---------------------------------------------
fallocate.2
Michael Kerrisk, Namjae Jeon [Christoph Hellwig, Dave Chinner]
Document FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE
prctl.2
Michael Kerrisk [Alex Thorlton]
Document PR_SET_THP_DISABLE and PR_GET_THP_DISABLE
proc.5
Michael Kerrisk
Document /proc/[pid]/stack
Michael Kerrisk
Document /proc/[pid]/clear_refs
New and changed links
---------------------
inet_net_ntop.3
Michael Kerrisk
New link to new inet_net_pton.3
Changes to individual pages
---------------------------
fcntl.2
Michael Kerrisk
Note the race when O_CLOEXEC is used at same time as fork()+execve()
madvise.2
Michael Kerrisk
SEE ALSO: see prctl(2)
Because of PR_SET_THP_DISABLE.
mlock.2
Michael Kerrisk
Describe treatment of MCL_FUTURE during fork(2) and execve(2)
msync.2
Michael Kerrisk [Richard Hansen, Greg Troxel]
Warn that one of MS_SYNC or MS_ASYNC is required
open.2
Michael Kerrisk
Add more detail on the race that O_CLOEXEC is designed to avoid
Michael Kerrisk [Matthew Dempsky]
Remove crufty text stating that O_DIRECTORY is Linux-specific
Michael Kerrisk
Note which filesystems support O_TMPFILE
perf_event_open.2
Vince Weaver [Michael Kerrisk]
Clarify EACCES and EPERM errors
Clarify the reasons for EACCES and EPERM errors.
Vince Weaver [Michael Kerrisk]
Make the ERRORS section more comprehensive.
Determined both by code inspection and by writing a large
number of test programs.
personality.2
Michael Kerrisk
Available execution domains are listed in <sys/personality.h>
Michael Kerrisk
Fix discussion of return value
prctl.2
Michael Kerrisk
ERRORS: document EINVAL for PR_GET_NO_NEW_PRIVS
ERRORS: document EINVAL for PR_SET_PDEATHSIG
ERRORS: document EINVAL for PR_SET_TIMING
ERRORS: document EINVAL for PR_SET_DUMPABLE
ERRORS: document EINVAL for PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS
shmget.2
Michael Kerrisk
Rewrite description of SHMMNI default value
Michael Kerrisk
Note default value of SHMMAX
Note default value for SHMALL
byteorder.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread-safe
The functions htonl(), htons(), ntohl() and ntohs() are thread
safe.
fexecve.3
Michael Kerrisk [Steven Stewart-Gallus]
If 'fd' is a close-on-exec file descriptor for a script, fexecve() fails
See https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=74481
ffs.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread-safe
The functions ffs(), ffsl() and ffsll() are thread safe.
getauxval.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note function that is thread-safe
The function getauxval() is thread safe.
getcontext.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread-safe
The functions getcontext() and setcontext() are thread safe.
getsubopt.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note function that is thread-safe
The function getsubopt() is thread safe.
getutmp.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread-safe
The functions getutmp() and getutmpx() are thread safe.
inet.3
Michael Kerrisk
Note success and error return for inet_aton()
inet.3
Michael Kerrisk [Craig McQueen]
The form 'a.b' if is suitable for Class A addresses (not class C)
Michael Kerrisk
SEE ALSO: add inet_net_pton(3)
makecontext.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread-safe
The functions makecontext() and swapcontext() are thread safe.
pthread_attr_setdetachstate.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread-safe
The functions pthread_attr_setdetachstate() and
pthread_attr_getdetachstate() are thread safe.
pthread_attr_setguardsize.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread-safe
The functions pthread_attr_setguardsize() and
pthread_attr_getguardsize() are thread safe.
sigsetops.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread-safe
The functions sigemptyset(), sigfillset(), sigaddset(),
sigdelset(), sigismember(), sigisemptyset(), sigorset() and
sigandset() are thread safe.
proc.5
Petr Gajdos
Improve /proc/[pid]/smaps entries description
Michael Kerrisk
/proc/PID/smaps is present only if CONFIG_PROC_PAGE_MONITOR
Michael Kerrisk
Note kernel version for /proc/sys/kernel/{shmall,shmmax}
Michael Kerrisk
Note kernel version for /proc/sys/kernel/{msgmax,msgmnb}
capabilities.7
Michael Kerrisk
SEE ALSO: add capsh(1)
libc.7
Michael Kerrisk
Add musl libc