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@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ getrusage.2
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This page is new(ish) -- it was created by splitting
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getrlimit.2.
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Repaired note on SIGCHLD behaviour to note that the
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Repaired note on SIGCHLD behavior to note that the
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POSIX non-conformance has been fixed in 2.6.9.
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kill.2
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@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ semget.2
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mtk
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Substantial language and formatting clean-ups.
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Added notes on /proc files.
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Rewrote BUGS note about semget()'s failure to initialise
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Rewrote BUGS note about semget()'s failure to initialize
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semaphore values.
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semop.2
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@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ times.2
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boot_time + 2^32 / HZ - 300
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Repaired note on SIGCHLD behaviour to note that the
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Repaired note on SIGCHLD behavior to note that the
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POSIX non-conformance has been fixed in 2.6.9.
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Some formatting fixes.
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@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ wait.2
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Added waitid(2).
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Added WCONTINUED and WIFCONTINUED (new in 2.6.10).
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Added text on SA_NOCLDSTOP.
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Updated discussion of SA_NOCLDWAIT to reflect 2.6 behaviour.
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Updated discussion of SA_NOCLDWAIT to reflect 2.6 behavior.
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Much other text rewritten.
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wait4.2
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@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ system.3
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Changed name of argument from 'string' to 'command' (like POSIX).
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Noted that glibc does nowadays explicitly check for the existence
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of the shell if 'command' is NULL, rather than the older behaviour
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of the shell if 'command' is NULL, rather than the older behavior
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of assuming the shell exists and always returning 1 if
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'command' is NULL.
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clone.2
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mtk
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Noted the PID caching behaviour of NPTL's getpid()
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Noted the PID caching behavior of NPTL's getpid()
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wrapper under BUGS.
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Added futex(2), set_thread_area(2), set_tid_address(2),
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@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ sigqueue.2
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times.2
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mtk
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Added notes on non-standard behaviour: Linux allows 'buf' to
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Added notes on non-standard behavior: Linux allows 'buf' to
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be NULL, but POSIX.1 doesn't specify this and it's non-portable.
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uselib.2
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@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ sched_setaffinity.2
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shmctl.2
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mtk
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Noted aberrant Linux behaviour with respect to new attaches to a
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Noted aberrant Linux behavior with respect to new attaches to a
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segment that has already been marked for deletion.
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Noted changes in permissions required for SHM_LOCK/SHM_UNLOCK.
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@ -1634,7 +1634,7 @@ strnlen.3
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initrd.4
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Norbert Buchmuller / mtk
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Added text noting that the use or real-root-dev for changing
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the root device is obsolete, in favour of pivot root.
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the root device is obsolete, in favor of pivot root.
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(However, the page still needs to be rewritten to actually
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describe the pivot_root method...)
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As per Debian bug 323621.
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Typographical or grammatical errors have been corrected in several
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places.
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Function and page cross references that were italicised were made bold
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Function and page cross references that were italicized were made bold
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(which is how the majority of function and page cross references
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were already done).
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@ -2216,7 +2216,7 @@ sigpause.3
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Moved here from Section 2.
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Some minor wording fixes; clarified System V origins of
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X/Open flavour of this function.
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X/Open flavor of this function.
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sigset.3
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mtk
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strerror.3
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mtk / Stefan Puiu
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Rewrote and extended the discussion of the two flavours of
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Rewrote and extended the discussion of the two flavors of
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strerror_r(), and added some additional information on
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strerror().
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Justin Pryzby
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@ -2559,7 +2559,7 @@ HOWTOHELP
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bind.2
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Stefan Puiu / mtk
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Remove text under EINVAL error: "This may change in the future:
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see linux/unix/sock.c for details." This behaviour has been
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see linux/unix/sock.c for details." This behavior has been
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unchanged for a long time, and seems unlikely to change.
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Add EADDRINUSE to errors.
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pthreads.7
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mtk
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Kernel 2.6.16 eliminated buggy behaviour with respect to
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Kernel 2.6.16 eliminated buggy behavior with respect to
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the alternate signal stack.
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Updated discussion of maximum timer value to reflect the fact
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that the default jiffy is now 4 milliseconds.
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Added text to note that current incorrect behaviour of
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Added text to note that current incorrect behavior of
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normalising tv_usec >= 1000000 will be repaired in a future
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kernel; applications should be fixed now.
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re_comp.3
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mtk
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Note that these functions are obsolete in favour of regcomp(3).
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Note that these functions are obsolete in favor of regcomp(3).
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Justin Pryzby
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Add SEE ALSO referring to regcomp.3
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@ -4857,7 +4857,7 @@ openat.2
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nanosleep.2
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mtk
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Noted buggy behaviour in Linux 2.4 and earlier when
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Noted buggy behavior in Linux 2.4 and earlier when
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nanosleep() is restarted after receiving stop+SIGCONT signals.
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nice.2
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in most manual pages.
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mtk
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* generally try to rationalise the names used for standards.
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* generally try to rationalize the names used for standards.
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The preferred names are now documented as the head words
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of the list in standards(7). For the future: there is
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probably no need to talk about anything more than
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brk.2
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Evan Teran / mtk
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Add text describing behaviour of the Linux brk() system call
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Add text describing behavior of the Linux brk() system call
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and point out that the glibc brk() wrapper provides different
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behaviour.
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behavior.
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mtk
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Note that sbrk() is implemented as a library function in glibc
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that calls the brk() system call.
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access.2
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mtk
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Since 2.6.20, access() honours the MS_NOEXEC mount flag.
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Since 2.6.20, access() honors the MS_NOEXEC mount flag.
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Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto / mtk
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Improve ENOENT description.
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mmap.2
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mtk
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Rewrote and reorganised various parts to be clearer.
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Rewrote and reorganized various parts to be clearer.
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Taken from Fedora downstream patches; thanks to Ivana Varekova
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Removed text stating that mmap() never returns 0; that's
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not true.
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mtk
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If sops contains multiple operations, then these are performed
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in array order. All Unix systems that I know of do this,
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and some Linux applications depend on this behaviour. SUSv3
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and some Linux applications depend on this behavior. SUSv3
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made no explicit statement here, but SUSv4 will explicitly
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require this behaviour.
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require this behavior.
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Small rewording of explanation of "atomically".
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signal.2
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mtk
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Converted outdated BUGS note about fdatasync() being
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equivalent to fsync() on Linux 2.2 into a NOTES note
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about this historical behaviour.
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about this historical behavior.
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futex.2
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mtk
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mtk
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Added text describing what happens when the buffer given to
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read(2) is too small to return information about the next event,
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and noting the behaviour change in 2.6.21.
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and noting the behavior change in 2.6.21.
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man-pages.7
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mtk
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