diff --git a/Changes b/Changes index 737b95e0f..a4551e924 100644 --- a/Changes +++ b/Changes @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ==================== Changes in man-pages-3.45 ==================== -Released: ????-??-??, Munich +Released: 2012-12-21, Christchurch Contributors @@ -10,6 +10,25 @@ 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: +Andi Kleen +Cyril Hrubis +David Prévot +Elie De Brauwer +Eric Dumazet +Felipe Pena +Florian Weimer +Gao Feng +Jan Glauber +Jim Paris +Jon Grant +Julien Cristau +Michael Kerrisk +Mike Frysinger +Rens van der Heijden +Simon Paillard +Thierry Vignaud +Trevor Woerner +YOSHIFUJI Hideaki Apologies if I missed anyone! @@ -17,6 +36,22 @@ Apologies if I missed anyone! New and rewritten pages ----------------------- +s390_runtime_instr.2 + Jan Glauber + New page for s390-specific s390_runtime_instr(2) + +if_nameindex.3 + YOSHIFUJI Hideaki + Document if_nameindex(3) and if_freenameindex(3) + Michael Kerrisk + Edits, improvements and corrections to Hideaki's page + Michael Kerrisk + Add an example program + +if_nametoindex.3 + YOSHIFUJI Hideaki + New page documenting if_nametoindex(3) and if_indextoname(3) + Newly documented interfaces in existing pages --------------------------------------------- @@ -25,11 +60,178 @@ Newly documented interfaces in existing pages New and changed links --------------------- +if_freenameindex.3 + Michael Kerrisk + New link to if_nameindex.3 + +if_indextoname.3 + Michael Kerrisk + New link to if_nametoindex.3 + Global changes -------------- +sysconf.3 +cciss.4 + Michael Kerrisk + Global fix: s/runtime/run time/ + Changes to individual pages --------------------------- +clone.2 + Michael Kerrisk + Since 2.6.30, CLONE_NEWIPC also supports POSIX message queues + +delete_module.2 + Michael Kerrisk + Small rewording of description of effect of O_TRUNC + +getrlimit.2 + Michael Kerrisk [Trevor Woerner] + Document Linux's nonstandard treatment or RLIMIT_CPU soft limit + Upon encountering the RLIMIT_CPU soft limit when a SIGXCPU handler + has been installed, Linux invokes the signal handler *and* raises + the soft limit by one second. This behavior repeats until the + limit is encountered. No other implementation that I tested + (Solaris 10, FreeBSD 9.0, OpenBSD 5.0) does this, and it seems + unlikely to be POSIX-conformant. The (Linux-specific) + RLIMIT_RTTIME soft limit exhibits similar behavior. + Michael Kerrisk + Point reader at discussion of /proc/[pid]/limits in proc(5) + +io_getevents.2 + Michael Kerrisk + io_getevents() may cause segfault when called with invalid ctx_id + For reference see: http://marc.info/?l=linux-aio&m=130089887002435&w=2 + +recv.2 + Michael Kerrisk [Eric Dumazet] + UNIX domain sockets support MSG_TRUNC since 3.4 + +sendmmsg.2 + Elie De Brauwer + Add example program for sendmmsg() + +stat.2 + Simon Paillard + Clarify description of EOVERFLOW error + The EOVERFLOW error is not only for st_size, but also + inode and block size fields. See glibc source file + sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/xstatconv.c and kernel source + file fs/stat.c. Also, fix bit/byte confusion + See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=604928 + +syscalls.2 + Michael Kerrisk + Update various references to "i386" to "x86" + Michael Kerrisk + Add s390_runtime_instr(2) + +sysctl.2 + Michael Kerrisk + Mention CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL + Michael Kerrisk + Calls to sysctl() log warnings to the kernel log since 2.6.24 + +syslog.2 + Michael Kerrisk + Substantially reorganize discussion of commands + Make the layout of the discussion of the commands + more readable. + Michael Kerrisk + Add kernel symbolic 'type' names + Michael Kerrisk + Clarify SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_UNREAD semantics + SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_UNREAD returns the number of bytes + available for reading via SYSLOG_ACTION_READ. + Michael Kerrisk + Clarify where SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_ALL places data it reads + Michael Kerrisk + Clarify semantics of SYSLOG_ACTION_CLEAR + The SYSLOG_ACTION_CLEAR command (5) does not really clear + the ring buffer; rather it affects the semantics of what + is returned by commands 3 (SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_ALL) and + 4 (SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_CLEAR). + Michael Kerrisk + Clarify discussion of privileges for commands 3 and 10 + Michael Kerrisk + Add mention of CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT + +wait.2 + Michael Kerrisk + BUGS: Document odd waitid() behavior when 'infop' is NULL + +getifaddrs.3 + Michael Kerrisk [Julien Cristau] + Update description of ifa_data to Linux 2.6+ reality + See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=526778 + +memcmp.3 + Michael Kerrisk [Jon Grant] + Enhance RETURN VALUE text and remove redundant text from DESCRIPTION + Note that sign of result equals sign of difference between + first two bytes that differ (treated as "unsigned char")." + +mkstemp.3 + Michael Kerrisk [Florian Weimer] + Deemphasize discussion of mode 066 in glibc 2.0.6 + Glibc 2.0.6 is now so ld that the discussion of details + of that version can be deemphasized placing just under + NOTES. + + See https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51811 + +strcmp.3 + Michael Kerrisk [Jon Grant] + Enhance RETURN VALUE text and remove redundant text from DESCRIPTION + Note that sign of result equals sign of difference between + first two bytes that differ (treated as "unsigned char")." + +ttyname.3 + Michael Kerrisk + Fix confused text in ERRORS + The existing text suggested that the ERRORS applied + only for ttyname_r(). However, 2 of the 3 errors + can occur for ttyname(). + +undocumented.3 + Michael Kerrisk + Remove some now documented functions + +proc.5 + Michael Kerrisk [Jim Paris] + Correct description of SwapFree in /proc/meminfo + Michael Kerrisk + Note change of /proc/[pid]/limits file permissions in 2.6.36 + +resolv.conf.5 + Simon Paillard + Document IPv6 format for nameserver + See: http://bugs.debian.org/610036 + +capabilities.7 + Michael Kerrisk [Rens van der Heijden] + Correct URL for POSIX.1e draft + +ipv6.7 + Gao Feng + Add description of getsockopt() for IPV6_MTU + In IPv4,IP_MTU is only supported by getsockopt. + In IPv6, we can use IPV6_MTU to set socket's MTU, + but the return value of getsockopt() is the path MTU. + +rtnetlink.7 + Michael Kerrisk [Julien Cristau] + Update description of IFLA_STATS to Linux 2.6+ reality + See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=526778 + +socket.7 + Michael Kerrisk [YOSHIFUJI Hideaki] + Document 'sockaddr' and 'sockaddr_storage' types + Andi Kleen + Explain effect of SO_SNDTIMEO for connect() + When SO_SNDTIMEO is set before connect(), then connect() + may return EWOULDBLOCK when the timeout fires.