David Prévot
075963263e
proc.5: tfix
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-10-24 14:53:48 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
7fac88a949
eventfd.2, futex.2, mmap2.2, open.2, pciconfig_read.2, ptrace.2, reboot.2, request_key.2, sched_rr_get_interval.2, splice.2, stat.2, sync_file_range.2, syscalls.2, timer_create.2, vm86.2, pthread_attr_setscope.3, core.5, proc.5, aio.7, futex.7, netlink.7, time.7: Global fix: "userspace" ==> "user space" or "user-space"
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Existing pages variously use "userspace or "user space".
But, "userspace" is not quite an English word.
So change "userspace" to "user space" or, when used
attributively, "user-space".
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-10-24 14:53:33 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
17b657f4d3
proc.5: Since Linux 2.6.27, /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe depends on CONFIG_MODULES
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-10-18 15:05:25 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
1eeb999522
proc.5: Fix merge conflict
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-10-18 15:04:50 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
3ba3d5b1b7
proc.5: Document /proc/meminfo
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Info mosly taken from Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
and Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt.
Also added info on the CONFIG_* options that govern various
parameters, and also version information for fields
introduced since 2.6.0. This information is current up to
Linux 3.6.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-10-18 14:46:21 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
8306193887
proc.5: ffix
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-10-18 09:22:40 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
2f249f3bd6
proc.5: Note system call error yeilded by /proc/sys/fs/protected_symlinks
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Note that violating 'protected_symlinks' restrictions
causes system calls to fail with the error EACCES.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-10-15 13:28:47 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
2da52bf6b8
proc.5: wfix
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-10-15 12:15:13 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
4eaa04c556
Removed trailing white space at end of lines
2012-10-15 11:13:31 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
19f9d5935d
proc.5: Document /proc/sys/fs/protected_symlinks
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Based on text in Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt by Kees Cook
Cowritten-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-10-15 11:11:21 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
c2b035115c
proc.5: Document /proc/sys/fs/protected_hardlinks
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Based on text in Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt by Kees Cook
Cowritten-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Conflicts:
man5/proc.5
2012-10-15 11:09:02 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
4129825b52
proc.5: Document /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-10-15 08:56:36 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
31a6818e3c
time.1, atexit.3, bsearch.3, dlopen.3, envz_add.3, errno.3, fmtmsg.3, getgrent_r.3, getline.3, getmntent.3, getnameinfo.3, getpass.3, getpwent_r.3, gets.3, isalpha.3, printf.3, puts.3, recno.3, scandir.3, stdarg.3, sysconf.3, termios.3, wordexp.3, null.4, core.5, dir_colors.5, issue.5, proc.5, termcap.5, utmp.5, ascii.7, cpuset.7, glob.7, man-pages.7, man.7, mdoc.7, mdoc.samples.7, regex.7: Revert 9f8e673e62
(whose global s%\\e%\\\\% caused problems)
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-09-26 23:56:54 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
9f8e673e62
time.1, atexit.3, bsearch.3, dlopen.3, envz_add.3, errno.3, fmtmsg.3, getgrent_r.3, getline.3, getmntent.3, getnameinfo.3, getpass.3, getpwent_r.3, gets.3, isalpha.3, printf.3, puts.3, recno.3, scandir.3, stdarg.3, sysconf.3, termios.3, wordexp.3, null.4, core.5, dir_colors.5, issue.5, proc.5, termcap.5, utmp.5, ascii.7, cpuset.7, glob.7, man-pages.7, man.7, mdoc.7, mdoc.samples.7, regex.7: Global fix: use \\ rather than \e for literal backslash
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Reported-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-09-24 10:23:07 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
66a9882e46
bdflush.2, get_robust_list.2, kexec_load.2, madvise.2, mmap.2, mount.2, prctl.2, query_module.2, rt_sigqueueinfo.2, shmget.2, sigaction.2, syscalls.2, umount.2, malloc.3, hpsa.4, initrd.4, proc.5, bootparam.7, icmp.7, netlink.7, signal.7: Global fix: use "Linux kernel source" consistently
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Rather than "kernel source".
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-09-24 10:02:34 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
67914165b3
proc.5: tfix
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-08-22 15:28:19 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
055024ed2e
proc.5: Update description of 'starttime' field of /proc/PID/stat
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The unit of measurement changed from jiffies to clock ticks in
Linux 2.6.
See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=675891
Reported-by: Frédéric Brière <fbriere@fbriere.net>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-08-22 15:27:31 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
00702accc4
proc.5: Clarify header file referred related to 'flags' field of /proc/PID/stat
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-08-14 21:10:51 +02:00
Tolga Dalman
2b5407af0c
proc.5: wfix
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-08-13 09:30:21 +02:00
David Prévot
8d708d6bf6
proc.5: ffix
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-05-11 06:24:37 +12:00
Michael Kerrisk
4175f99924
add_key.2, query_module.2, request_key.2, resolver.3, stpcpy.3, strftime.3, elf.5, proc.5, mdoc.samples.7: srcfix: Wrap source lines at sentence boundaries
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-05-07 15:30:17 +12:00
Michael Kerrisk
b5d204d02b
proc.5: Document /proc/[pid]/cgroup
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Upstreamed from Red Hat / Fedora
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-05-07 15:30:15 +12:00
Michael Kerrisk
9ab6bd3188
proc.5: Note that CAP_SYS_ADMIN processes can override file-max
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Upstreamed from red Hat / Fedora
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-05-07 15:30:15 +12:00
Michael Kerrisk
b9c48803b8
proc.5: ffix
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-05-07 15:30:15 +12:00
Elie De Brauwer
78fc91ec1b
proc.5: Fix description of fourth field of /proc/loadavg
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SIgned-off-by: Elie De Brauwer <eliedebrauwer@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-02-08 06:21:20 +13:00
Michael Kerrisk
2c4201f01a
proc.5: srcfix: Added pointer to a commit
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2011-10-05 07:38:45 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
c409c4ffa3
Removed trailing white space at end of lines
2011-10-04 08:34:28 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
41acdb62c9
Changes, setns.2, stat.2, proc.5, capabilities.7: tstamp
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2011-10-04 08:32:21 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
80e6365593
proc.5: Some edit's to Eric Biederman's /proc/[pid]/ns/ additions
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2011-10-03 08:36:41 +02:00
Eric W. Biederman
b4a185e5cc
proc.5: Document /proc/[pid]/ns/
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Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2011-10-03 08:36:41 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
f81c6cc693
fcntl.2, recv.2, crypt.3, err.3, strtoul.3, proc.5: tstamp
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2011-09-16 07:02:06 +02:00
Simon Paillard
c3074d7061
fallocate.2, kexec_load.2, poll.2, spu_run.2, atan2.3, cbrt.3, clock_getcpuclockid.3, end.3, frexp.3, getgrouplist.3, getifaddrs.3, matherr.3, modf.3, pow.3, pthread_getattr_np.3, pthread_getcpuclockid.3, sched_getcpu.3, tgamma.3, mouse.4, proc.5, feature_test_macros.7, spufs.7: Global fix: properly escape minus sign
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2011-09-16 07:00:48 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
6ee625ebd6
proc.5: Add description of 'SigQ' field of /proc/PID/status
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Reported-by: Stan Sieler <sieler@me.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2011-09-16 07:00:46 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
a1bc91d55e
proc.5: Add description of 'PPid' field of /proc/PID/status
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Reported-by: Stan Sieler <sieler@me.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2011-09-16 07:00:46 +02:00
A. Costa
37a2356720
proc.5: spfix
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See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=603134
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-11-15 07:02:06 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk
fde39195fa
proc.5: Add reference to mlock(2) for further info on /proc/PID/status VmLck
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-10-30 07:33:57 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
b218b02329
open.2, poll.2, select_tut.2, getpt.3, openpty.3, posix_openpt.3, ptsname.3, unlockpt.3, pts.4, tty_ioctl.4, proc.5, pty.7: spfix: s/psuedoterminal/psuedoterminal/g
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Reported-by: Denis Barbier <bouzim@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-10-13 05:32:15 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
662b2137e8
open.2, poll.2, select_tut.2, getpt.3, grantpt.3, openpty.3, posix_openpt.3, ptsname.3, unlockpt.3, pts.4, tty_ioctl.4, proc.5, pty.7: Global fix: s/pseudo-terminal/pseudoterminal/
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-10-12 06:51:51 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
008f1ecc43
intro.1, time.1, accept.2, bind.2, connect.2, execve.2, flock.2, getdents.2, getpriority.2, getuid.2, intro.2, ioctl.2, mincore.2, mknod.2, personality.2, ptrace.2, read.2, recv.2, select_tut.2, send.2, sendfile.2, shmctl.2, sigaction.2, signal.2, stat.2, times.2, truncate.2, umask.2, wait.2, MB_CUR_MAX.3, MB_LEN_MAX.3, argz_add.3, btowc.3, clearenv.3, clock.3, cmsg.3, end.3, endian.3, errno.3, exit.3, fgetwc.3, fgetws.3, fopen.3, fputwc.3, fputws.3, fseek.3, fwide.3, getfsent.3, getgrnam.3, gethostid.3, getipnodebyname.3, getmntent.3, getpwnam.3, getwchar.3, grantpt.3, iconv.3, iconv_close.3, iconv_open.3, insque.3, intro.3, iswalnum.3, iswalpha.3, iswblank.3, iswcntrl.3, iswctype.3, iswdigit.3, iswgraph.3, iswlower.3, iswprint.3, iswpunct.3, iswspace.3, iswupper.3, iswxdigit.3, malloc.3, mblen.3, mbrlen.3, mbrtowc.3, mbsinit.3, mbsnrtowcs.3, mbsrtowcs.3, mbstowcs.3, mbtowc.3, mkstemp.3, mktemp.3, nl_langinfo.3, openpty.3, posix_openpt.3, printf.3, ptsname.3, putwchar.3, qecvt.3, rcmd.3, readdir.3, rexec.3, rpc.3, setnetgrent.3, shm_open.3, sigpause.3, stdin.3, stpcpy.3, strftime.3, strptime.3, syslog.3, towctrans.3, towlower.3, towupper.3, ttyslot.3, ungetwc.3, unlocked_stdio.3, wcpcpy.3, wcpncpy.3, wcrtomb.3, wcscasecmp.3, wcscat.3, wcschr.3, wcscmp.3, wcscpy.3, wcscspn.3, wcsdup.3, wcslen.3, wcsncasecmp.3, wcsncat.3, wcsncmp.3, wcsncpy.3, wcsnlen.3, wcsnrtombs.3, wcspbrk.3, wcsrchr.3, wcsrtombs.3, wcsspn.3, wcsstr.3, wcstok.3, wcstombs.3, wcswidth.3, wctob.3, wctomb.3, wctrans.3, wctype.3, wcwidth.3, wmemchr.3, wmemcmp.3, wmemcpy.3, wmemmove.3, wmemset.3, wprintf.3, console_ioctl.4, pts.4, elf.5, filesystems.5, hosts.5, proc.5, ttytype.5, boot.7, capabilities.7, credentials.7, epoll.7, glob.7, koi8-r.7, path_resolution.7, pty.7, signal.7, suffixes.7, time.7, unicode.7, unix.7, uri.7, utf-8.7: global fix: s/Unix/UNIX/
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The man pages were rather inconsistent in the use of "Unix"
versus "UNIX". Let's go with the trademark usage.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-10-12 06:49:17 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
5fab2e7c9c
Changes.old, clone.2, execve.2, fcntl.2, futex.2, getitimer.2, getpriority.2, mmap.2, mount.2, mprotect.2, sched_setscheduler.2, select_tut.2, setuid.2, sigaltstack.2, vfork.2, div.3, fenv.3, fmod.3, memchr.3, pthread_attr_setstackaddr.3, pthread_attr_setstacksize.3, pthread_getattr_np.3, queue.3, scanf.3, trunc.3, st.4, proc.5, services.5, utmp.5, bootparam.7, capabilities.7, feature_test_macros.7, futex.7, glob.7, man.7, netlink.7, unicode.7: Switch to American usage: "-wards" ==> "-ward"
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American English uses "afterward" in preference to "afterwards",
and so on
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-09-26 07:34:47 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
6596d27062
proc.5: Minor wording fix
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk@konstanz.(none)>
2010-08-29 08:55:29 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
b911dcb076
Removed trailing white space at end of lines
2010-06-20 06:43:23 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
b2d3abb847
proc.5: Improve description of /proc/sys/fs/pipe-max-size
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-06-19 04:40:23 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
7191605652
proc.5: Document /proc/sys/fs/pipe-max-size
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-06-17 00:31:58 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
49236d3c71
proc.5: Simplify description of /proc/sys and /proc/sys/fs
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In the description of these directories, there's no need
to list all the files and subdirectories that they contain;
that information is provided by the entries that follow.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-06-17 00:23:56 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
c7fb034b88
proc.5: spfix
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-06-12 13:37:20 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
ed71412616
proc.5: Document CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE
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This config option is needed to make memory_failure_early_kill
and memory_failure_recovery available.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-06-12 13:36:27 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
3dd0750093
proc.5: Document /proc/sys/vm/memory_failure_recovery
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New in Linux 2.6.32. Description based on the text in
Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-06-12 13:33:03 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
3477f9f628
proc.5: Document /proc/sys/vm/memory_failure_early_kill
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New in 2.6.32. Description based on the text in
Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-06-12 13:29:37 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk
4f6c65333e
proc.5: Minor fix: put /proc/sys/vm/swappiness in alphabetical order
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Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-06-12 13:14:27 +02:00