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@ -15,12 +15,14 @@ Andries Brouwer <Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl>
Chris Green <cmg@dok.org>
Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
Emmanuel Colbus <emmanuel.colbus@ensimag.imag.fr>
Enrico Zini <enrico@debian.org>
Eric Estievenart <eric.estievenart@free.fr>
Fabian Kreutz <kreutz@dbs.uni-hannover.de>
Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
Jan Kuznik <kuznik@gepro.cz>
Joey (Martin) Schulze <joey@infodrom.org>
Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.de>
John V. Belmonte <jbelmonte@debian.org>
Karel Kulhavy <clock@twibright.com>
Luis Javier Merino Morán <ljmerino@pandasoftware.es>
Martin Pool <mbp@sourcefrog.net>
@ -51,23 +53,23 @@ of several Section 2 pages using the _syscallN() macros.
on various pages.
-- types such as "uint" in syscalN() declarations were changed
to "unsigned int", etc.
to "unsigned int", etc.
-- various other minor breakages in the synopses were fixed.
-- various other minor breakages in the synopses were fixed.
The affected pages are:
getdents.2
gettid.2
llseek.2
mmap2.2
modify_ldt.2
pivot_root.2
quotactl.2
readdir.2
sysctl.2
syslog.2
tkill.2
getdents.2
gettid.2
llseek.2
mmap2.2
modify_ldt.2
pivot_root.2
quotactl.2
readdir.2
sysctl.2
syslog.2
tkill.2
Typographical or grammatical errors have been corrected in several
other places.
@ -82,19 +84,19 @@ bind.2
fcntl.2
Martin Pool
Added O_NOATIME to list of flags that can be changed via F_SETFL.
Added O_NOATIME to list of flags that can be changed via F_SETFL.
mtk/aeb
Noted F_GETOWN bug after suggestion from aeb.
See also:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=108380640603164&w=2
Noted F_GETOWN bug after suggestion from aeb.
See also:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=108380640603164&w=2
getrlimit.2
mtk
Material on getrusage.2 has been separated out into its own page.
Rewrote discussion on RLIMIT_MEMLOCK to incorporate kernel
2.6.9 changes.
Added note on RLIMIT_CPU error in older kernels.
Added RLIMIT_SIGPENDING
Rewrote discussion on RLIMIT_MEMLOCK to incorporate kernel
2.6.9 changes.
Added note on RLIMIT_CPU error in older kernels.
Added RLIMIT_SIGPENDING
Also made a few other minor changes.
getrusage.2
@ -107,8 +109,8 @@ getrusage.2
kill.2
Modified after suggestion from Emmanuel Colbus
Changed wording of sentence under NOTES describing
when signals can be sent to init.
Changed wording of sentence under NOTES describing
when signals can be sent to init.
mlock.2, munlock.2, mlockall.2, munlockall.2
These have been consolidated into a single mlock.2 page.
@ -120,7 +122,7 @@ mmap.2
mtk
Added cross-ref to setrlimit(2) concerning memory locking limits.
Eric Estievenart
Note that MAP_FIXED replaces existing mappings
Note that MAP_FIXED replaces existing mappings
msgctl.2
mtk
@ -139,9 +141,9 @@ msgop.2
open.2
Martin Pool
Added O_NOATIME (new in Linux 2.6.8)
Added O_NOATIME (new in Linux 2.6.8)
mtk
Reordered list of 'flags' description alphabetically
Reordered list of 'flags' description alphabetically
personality.2
2004-11-03 applied patch from Martin Schulze
@ -172,7 +174,7 @@ shmctl.2
Noted that CAP_IPC_LOCK is not required for SHM_UNLOCK
since kernel 2.6.9.
Added notes on 2.6.9 RLIMIT_MEMLOCK changes.
Added RLIMIT_SIGPENDING (new in Linux 2.6.8)
Added RLIMIT_SIGPENDING (new in Linux 2.6.8)
shmget.2
mtk
@ -191,7 +193,7 @@ sigaction.2
Added SA_NOCLDWAIT.
Updated discussion for POSIX.1-2001 and SIGCHLD and sa_flags.
Noted that CLD_CONTINUED is supported since Linux 2.6.9.
Added SI_TKILL (new in Linux 2.4.19).
Added SI_TKILL (new in Linux 2.4.19).
Other minor changes.
signal.2
@ -202,23 +204,29 @@ signal.2
sigwaitinfo.2
After bug report from Andrey Kiselev
Fixed prototype: "timeout" --> "*timeout"
as per: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=222145
as per: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=222145
stat,2
Enrico Zini
Added text to clarify that S_IS*() macros should be applied to
st_mode field.
as per: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=249698
swapon.2
After bug report from Anand Kumria
Added "no swap space signature" to EINVAL error
as per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Added "no swap space signature" to EINVAL error
as per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
mtk
Added EINVAL error for swapoff() ("not currently a swap area").
Added EBUSY error for swapon().
A few formatting fixes.
Added EINVAL error for swapoff() ("not currently a swap area").
Added EBUSY error for swapon().
A few formatting fixes.
times.2
mtk
In Linux 2.6, the return value of times changed; it is no
longer time since boot, but rather:
In Linux 2.6, the return value of times changed; it is no
longer time since boot, but rather:
boot_time + 2^32 / HZ - 300
boot_time + 2^32 / HZ - 300
Repaired note on SIGCHLD behaviour to note that the
POSIX non-conformance has been fixed in 2.6.9.
@ -228,14 +236,14 @@ undocumented.2
After bug report from Johannes Berg
Changed
.TH UNIMPLEMENTED
to:
to:
.TH UNDOCUMENTED
as per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=220741
wait.2
mtk
Added waitid(2).
Added WCONTINUED and WIFCONTINUED (new in 2.6.10).
Added WCONTINUED and WIFCONTINUED (new in 2.6.10).
Added text on SA_NOCLDSTOP.
Updated discussion of SA_NOCLDWAIT to reflect 2.6 behaviour.
Much other text rewritten.
@ -245,7 +253,7 @@ wait4.2
Rewrote this page, removing much duplicated information,
and replacing with pointers to wait.2.
Luis Javier Merino Morán / mtk
CONFORMING TO said "SVr4, POSIX". Changed to "4.3BSD"
CONFORMING TO said "SVr4, POSIX". Changed to "4.3BSD"
waitid.2
mtk
@ -255,7 +263,7 @@ assert.3
After bug report from Branden Robinson
The assert() failure message goes to stderr not stdout.
As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=284814
ctime.3
mtk
Noted that 0 in tm_mday is interpreted to mean the last day
@ -264,7 +272,7 @@ ctime.3
getnameinfo.3
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=229618
getnameinfo() does not set errno, it returns a non-zero
value indicating the error.
value indicating the error.
mtk
added EAI_OVERFLOW error
@ -278,22 +286,28 @@ lseek64.3
tzset.3
Richard Kreckel
Change "NULL" to "empty" when talking about the value of TZ.
http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=601
Change "NULL" to "empty" when talking about the value of TZ.
http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=601
printf.3
After bug report from Jan Kuznik
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=205736
Fixed bad realloc() use in snprintf() example
random.4
After bug report from John V. Belmonte
Updated init and quit scripts to reflect kernel 2.4/2.6 reality
(Scripts taken from drivers/char/random.c)
as per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=247779
proc.5
mtk
Updated description of /proc/loadavg to include
nr_running(), nr_threads, last_pid.
rtsig-max and rtsig-nr went away in 2.6.8
rtsig-max and rtsig-nr went away in 2.6.8
updated statm, and fixed error in order of list
updated statm, and fixed error in order of list
realpath.3
mtk
@ -304,7 +318,7 @@ boot.7
capabilities.7
mtk
Added O_NOATIME for CAP_FOWNER
Added O_NOATIME for CAP_FOWNER
netdevice.7
Karel Kulhavy and AEB
@ -313,9 +327,9 @@ netdevice.7
signal.7
mtk
/proc/sys/kernel/rtsig-* were superceded by RLIMIT_SIGPENDING
in kernel 2.6.8.
/proc/sys/kernel/rtsig-* were superceded by RLIMIT_SIGPENDING
in kernel 2.6.8.
tcp.7
mtk/aeb
Updated details of interaction of TCP_CORK and TCP_NODELAY.