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==================== Changes in man-pages-3.65 ==================== ==================== Changes in man-pages-3.66 ====================
Released: 2014-04-20, Munich Released: ????-??-??, Munich
Contributors 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 in the changelog below) reports, notes, and ideas that have been
incorporated in changes in this release: 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! Apologies if I missed anyone!
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New and rewritten pages 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 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 New and changed links
--------------------- ---------------------
inet_net_ntop.3
Michael Kerrisk Global changes
New link to new inet_net_pton.3 --------------
Changes to individual pages 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 name_to_handle_at(2) and open_by_handle_at(2) optionally follow symlinks
Michael Kerrisk Michael Kerrisk
Mention use of readlink(2) to read contents of a symlink 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