Michael Kerrisk
cc513f7faf
Remove mention of non-standard S_IREAD, S_IWRITE, S_IEXEC.
2006-05-12 23:35:45 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
2983ceac2f
Remove mention of non-standard S_IREAD, S_IWRITE, S_IEXEC.
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POSIX does now document ELOOP.
2006-05-12 23:22:16 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
c80909ad8f
substantial rewrite of description of 'mask'
2006-05-12 22:48:55 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
77dc7e2bde
New page briefly describing mq_getsetattr(2).
2006-05-12 19:05:35 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
5b548b3131
Expand text noting that ftruncate()/truncate() may fail
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if asked to extend a file beyond its current length.
Add EPERM error.
2006-05-09 05:28:41 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
e0037472fe
ffix
2006-05-05 22:03:05 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
c51fc3c114
tfix
2006-05-02 20:03:41 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
4006dcaccb
Updated discussion of MAP_NORESERVE since it
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is no longer restricted to MAP_PRIVATE mappings.
Add reference to discussion of /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory in proc.5
2006-05-02 03:08:31 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
320479713e
Document SHM_NORESERVE flag, new in 2.6.15.
2006-05-02 03:00:05 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
fd83ecfba4
Removed FIXME
2006-05-02 01:50:43 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
e592f2be04
Reworded to reflect that capabilities are per-thread.
2006-05-02 01:49:32 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
4e1357d0c8
removed a FIXME.
2006-05-02 00:07:41 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
60652159ef
New page for futimesat(2)
2006-05-02 00:05:35 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
a53b8cb2a0
New page for new fchmodat(2)
2006-05-02 00:05:06 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
4e386d41a0
New page for fchownat(2)
2006-05-02 00:04:49 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
a7ae4e787a
New page for faccessat(2)
2006-05-02 00:04:28 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
22e3b8b11c
Add SEE ALSO references to new *at.2 pages
2006-05-02 00:03:35 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
ee2fa12076
ffix
2006-05-01 23:05:09 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
ade10f9902
Correct wording of EBUSY case.
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Add ".." case to ENOTEMPTY error
2006-05-01 01:52:19 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
dffb0109be
Modified text referring to adjtime(); added SEE ALSO for new adjtime.3 page.
2006-04-30 23:45:13 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
13218d42ae
Clarify RETURN VALUE discussion.
2006-04-30 22:10:38 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
dbd411a49c
Remove bogus BUGS text.
2006-04-30 21:18:56 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
344135a82b
wfix
2006-04-28 20:24:44 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
eaded2c555
spfix
2006-04-27 23:40:35 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
1d793a5188
other minor changes
2006-04-27 23:39:55 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
f67cdb5d4d
Rewrote most of the DESCRIPTION, as well as some other parts
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the page, to clarify use and operation of, and rationale for,
fsync(2) and fdatasync(2).
2006-04-27 23:31:05 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
a85a10cb73
wfix
2006-04-27 22:41:20 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
9b8ff97a12
wfix
2006-04-27 22:40:34 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
093a7ea09b
Update on scheduled fix for tv_usec
2006-04-26 20:00:27 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
563711249d
Added text to note that current incorrect behaviour of
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normalising tv_usec >= 1000000 will be repaired in a future
kernel; applications should be fixed now.
2006-04-26 19:39:33 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
eafd5ce11f
Added SEE ALSO referring to new time.7
2006-04-26 07:26:36 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
79893ac3a4
wfix
2006-04-26 06:51:15 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
a8bbb90693
Updated discussion of maximum timer value to reflect the fact
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that the default jiffy is now 4 milliseconds.
Added a FIXME.
2006-04-26 04:42:14 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
178b977b7f
Detail exactly which mount flags can be changed on MS_REMOUNT.
2006-04-25 09:32:44 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
83b21473f7
added FIXME
2006-04-25 09:13:22 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
564d99410b
Since kernel 2.6.16, MS_NOATIME and MS_NODIRATIME are settable on a per- mount basis.
2006-04-25 08:18:18 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
cdab486d3f
Updated FIXME
2006-04-25 06:57:00 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
0eee473cb8
Added FIXME
2006-04-25 06:55:21 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
7998dde242
ffix
2006-04-25 06:09:55 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
66679b1f0f
4.x BSD --> 4.xBSD
2006-04-23 23:29:16 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
d1331c6fb7
Noted that all threads should block signal being waited for.
2006-04-22 20:57:18 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
84564be219
Added SEE ALSO for new sockatmark.3.
2006-04-22 03:18:05 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
7005bc229e
Solaris also has the system call.
2006-04-22 00:00:50 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
69b7b9e5fc
Minor changes
2006-04-22 00:00:13 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
f4d34a38da
Correct header file in synopsis
2006-04-21 23:12:01 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
ce372a5bde
wfix
2006-04-21 22:53:05 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
956a644642
new fstatat(2) page
2006-04-21 22:39:00 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
39179b3eec
wfix
2006-04-21 18:17:12 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
5e01a1de98
Improve opening para describing purpose of select().
2006-04-21 10:41:09 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
50e5322c85
Added SEE ALSO reference to ftm.7
2006-04-21 06:49:34 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
fb961f311e
Simplified wording about requirement for _BSD_SOURCE macro.
2006-04-21 06:28:54 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
2c5e151c7f
ipc.7 --> svipc.7
2006-04-21 03:53:43 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
6319e935b0
Add text noting that contents of newly created segment are zero values.
2006-04-21 02:02:05 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
af5b2ef2cc
fifo.4 --> fifo.7
2006-04-21 01:46:04 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
a8bda63671
complex.5 --> complex.7
2006-04-21 01:24:06 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
aa949e2d59
environ.5 --> environ.7
2006-04-21 00:45:46 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
922436594f
ipc.5 --> ipc.7
2006-04-21 00:38:38 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
2315114c72
epoll.4 is now epoll.7
2006-04-21 00:29:37 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
22f348ca27
Note more clearly that fd_set args can be NULL; various other minor edits and ffixes
2006-04-20 21:21:42 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
1c382af469
Point out more explicitly that 'tz' argument should normally be NULL.
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Various other minor edits and formatting fixes.
2006-04-20 21:07:10 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
9c1c7397a0
Added NOTE that st_size is always returned as zero for most /proc files.
2006-04-19 20:44:55 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
601dff4a19
Remove mention of SOCK_RDM from this page, since this socket
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type does not support accept()ing connections.
2006-04-18 07:39:12 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
f595890250
Updates SEE ALSO
2006-04-06 08:48:43 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
8f352ee52b
new for symlinkat.2.
2006-04-06 08:42:43 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
16d863a465
new for unlinkat(2).
2006-04-06 08:41:33 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
552dfd96f4
New for rename(2).
2006-04-06 08:41:21 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
db01a90324
new for linkat(2).
2006-04-06 08:41:08 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
97c0488f3e
Minor changes
2006-04-06 05:19:00 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
64603adfb7
Substantial rewrite of NOTES; minor changes elsewhere.
2006-04-05 05:43:00 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
7fe3091da4
Minor changes
2006-04-05 05:42:36 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
66e46895b9
new page for mknodat(2).
2006-04-05 05:17:23 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
5b4255672a
Added SEE ALSO entry referring to new mknodat.2
2006-04-05 05:14:55 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
4a929ee119
New page for mkdirat(2).
2006-04-05 04:44:07 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
d2927a1b1e
Added SEE ALSO mkdirat(2).
2006-04-05 04:43:40 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
6d03c00944
Added comment on inconsistent naming of *at() functions.
2006-04-04 19:48:23 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
6057e7a9fa
Added BUGS text on 2.6.x handling of RLIMIT_CPU limit
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of zero seconds. See
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=112256338703880&w=2
2006-04-04 04:12:36 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
9aad1caae1
Since 2.6.17-rc1, shmdt() gives the error EINVAL in a further
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circumstance: if shmaddr is not aligned on a page boundary.
2006-04-04 02:59:37 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
cdc9620e3a
Remove text saying that specifying invalid flags "is likely
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to cause compatibility problems" since the kernel now
(2.6.17-rc1) contains an explicit check for invalid buts
with a consequent EINVAL error.
2006-04-03 23:55:40 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
0c373d0150
Added FIXME.
2006-04-03 23:35:16 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
70f4032165
removed tabs
2006-04-03 21:25:43 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
5250b79560
Removed out-of-date FIXME
2006-04-03 20:36:48 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
d5346bba6a
Added FIXME.
2006-04-03 01:35:54 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
1c511da218
Updated FIXME.
2006-04-03 01:35:31 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
7080c286cd
Removed a misleading cross-ref to socket.2.
2006-03-31 22:58:00 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
16c892d319
Documented EINVAL error for 'len' < 0.
2006-03-31 22:12:10 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
00d7bbcfbf
Expanded discussion of mandatory locking.
2006-03-31 21:14:41 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
db28bfac79
Clarified discussion of file types affected by O_NONBLOCK.
2006-03-31 21:12:45 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
e1a9bc1bc7
Added SEE ALSO entry referring to new core.5 page
2006-03-31 07:10:17 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
898d60e1c6
Updated FIXME
2006-03-30 06:03:50 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
4d42c5c3ee
Fix broken link
2006-03-26 12:58:24 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
217b389ac5
Removed FIXME.
2006-03-25 21:29:31 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
e63ad01dce
Wrapped long lines (no content changes).
2006-03-25 21:28:28 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
4b9d4c1ac5
Added FIXME
2006-03-25 21:07:31 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
1dd97b0c2d
Added FIXME
2006-03-25 20:58:01 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
f675ea3792
Add SEE ALSO pointing to the new sem_overview.7 page, which gives an
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overview of the POSIX semaphores AP.
2006-03-25 20:50:40 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
7f2e3e4e64
Edited FIXME
2006-03-23 22:00:34 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
44b35ee067
Chuck Ebbert, with assistance from Daniel Jacobowitz,
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Paolo (Blaisorblade) Giarrusso, and Charles P. Wright;
after a suggestion from Heiko Carstens.
Document the following ptrace requests:
PTRACE_SETOPTIONS (2.4.6)
plus associated flags:
PTRACE_O_TRACESYSGOOD (2.4.6)
PTRACE_O_TRACEFORK (2.5.46)
PTRACE_O_TRACEVFORK (2.5.46)
PTRACE_O_TRACECLONE (2.5.46)
PTRACE_O_TRACEEXEC (2.5.46)
PTRACE_O_TRACEVFORKDONE (2.5.60)
PTRACE_O_TRACEEXIT (2.5.60)
PTRACE_SETSIGINFO (2.3.99-pre6)
PTRACE_GETSIGINFO (2.3.99-pre6)
PTRACE_GETEVENTMSG (2.5.46)
PTRACE_SYSEMU (since Linux 2.6.14)
PTRACE_SYSEMU_SINGLESTEP (since Linux 2.6.14)
2006-03-23 22:00:08 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
218e46f883
Small FIXME formatting fixes
2006-03-23 02:13:08 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
92c37d8cb0
Modified to document new SCHED_BATCH policy, new in kernel 2.6.16.
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Text describing SCHED_BATCH was added to sched_setscheduler.2,
and was drawn in part from Ingo Molnar's description in the
message containing the patch that implemented this policy.
Various other minor rewordings and formatting fixes.
2006-03-23 01:06:07 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
ed812a69b4
ffix
2006-03-22 06:25:31 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
8107e4b78d
Clarified the description of MREMAP_FIXED and restructured
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the text to reflect the fact that this flag is exposed
by glibc since version 2.4.
2006-03-22 06:21:42 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
f4ec7624c9
Added FIXME.
2006-03-22 05:33:42 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
29514e2da9
Removed old FIXME
2006-03-22 05:22:42 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
2a5980bb9e
MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL requires CAP_SYS_NICE not CAP_SYS_RESOURCE.
2006-03-21 20:56:33 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
7d0cab0e22
ffix
2006-03-21 10:59:30 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
3d5f459509
Various rewordings and updates to 2.6.16 reality.
2006-03-21 05:42:30 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
5cc01e9c88
Document unshare(2), new in 2.6.16.
2006-03-20 21:29:29 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
785e717bc1
We won't add unshare(2) just yet, so remove SEE ALSO entries for now.
2006-03-20 06:38:19 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
f4cb7bd37e
Not yet ready for 2.26.
2006-03-20 06:33:14 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
c3742154c1
Minor changes
2006-03-20 06:32:39 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
777f5a9ef7
Updated FIXMEs
2006-03-20 04:46:28 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
347e325b6a
Updated FIXME
2006-03-20 04:31:20 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
cd31a0d631
spfix
2006-03-20 00:52:31 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
c8a55a3d73
spfix
2006-03-20 00:19:11 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
22ca838f59
ppoll() proto needs _GNU_SOURCE
2006-03-19 23:37:17 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
9b81374196
pselect() prototype needs "#define _XOPEN_SOURCE 600".
2006-03-19 23:32:26 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
16718a1c3d
Added comment in SYNOPSIS to note that syscall(2) may be
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preferable over _syscallN (see intro(2)).
2006-03-16 00:50:08 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
cb2431bf34
ffix
2006-03-16 00:28:09 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
e755a587cd
Further changes for ppoll.2.
2006-03-16 00:06:34 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
424a895034
shm_open() is in section 3, not 2.
2006-03-15 22:26:36 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
2f11acf57e
Minor changes
2006-03-15 10:27:09 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
123a769478
Added MPOL_MF_MOVE and MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL descriptions,
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from numactl-0.9.2 man page.
Plus a few other smaller fixes.
2006-03-15 10:26:29 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
9b54d4fa8b
Modified wording referring that refers to raw(8) to
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indicate that this interface is deprecated.
2006-03-12 21:18:47 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
5b650f4770
New link to poll.2
2006-03-12 01:45:49 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
af800319ee
Added FIXME for SCHED_BATCH
2006-03-12 01:39:10 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
e1dda04bf6
Added FIXME for new MADV_* constants in 2.6.16-rc6
2006-03-12 01:36:27 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
7bbd888bbb
Added a little extra text to clarify EISDIR vs EPERM.
2006-03-11 23:33:50 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
ea4adf4ba9
Added text to note that although POSIX says msg_controllen
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should be socklen_t, glibc actually uses size_t.
Various formatting fixes.
2006-03-12 19:09:15 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
d02aa9bc8c
Fixes for pselect() description.
2006-03-12 03:09:50 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
19017a1626
ffix
2006-03-12 03:09:28 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
26a9dd2f79
Fix SYNOPSIS formatting
2006-03-08 02:48:53 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
77f00d75f1
Noted pselect() treatment of timeout.
2006-03-07 22:38:11 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
cc9befa9ac
Updated to reflect the fact that pselect() has been implemented
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in the kernel in 2.6.16; various other minor wording changes.
2006-03-07 02:25:37 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
9d7f3355ef
Added SEE ALSO pointing to new fexecve.3.
2006-03-07 02:20:16 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
7fdcdf23b2
ffix
2006-03-06 04:40:24 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
51fa356ef2
openat(2) is new in 2.6.16.
2006-03-06 04:36:54 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
28c54d4593
Added SEE ALSO pointing to new openat.2.
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Split out part of the RETURN VALUE text into separate NOTES section.
2006-03-06 04:36:33 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
a9b305d61e
Added SEE ALSO reference to mq_overview.7.
2006-03-05 20:58:40 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
0f75fe20df
Updated FIXME
2006-03-05 20:41:49 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
51f930362d
Updated FIXME
2006-03-05 20:39:53 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
b0c93735cd
Removed outdated FIXME
2006-03-05 20:34:30 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
212dd19f6e
Updated FIXMEs
2006-03-05 20:29:47 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
d63e9a260b
Added SEE ALSO for new unshare.2
2006-03-05 20:27:43 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
ac5d787d2a
Changed FIXME formatting
2006-03-05 20:19:42 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
a19b251fd5
Minor wording changes
2006-03-05 20:19:17 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
4558058c03
new page describing unshare(2).
2006-03-05 19:11:18 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
e91fec0909
Removed FIXME for IN_ONESHOT, since the bug is now confirmed
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fixed in 2.6.16-rc5
2006-03-04 03:05:35 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
60e94b7cef
Added FIXME
2006-03-02 05:04:48 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
248eff92eb
Added FIXME
2006-03-02 04:12:55 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
2374c17872
Add a case to the EINVAL error text.
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Various minor wording fixes
2006-03-02 00:51:08 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
efb2cf158b
wfix
2006-03-01 04:09:19 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
1f0ea6d8b7
Added SEE ALSO referring to new posix_fallocate.3.
2006-03-01 03:34:07 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
f5441d2af5
Added "#define _XOPEN_SOURCE 600" to prototype.
2006-03-01 03:29:07 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
82a060204c
minor punctuation clarification
2006-02-16 04:55:18 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
29546c248f
Comented out crufty text describing EINVAL error
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for the now obsolete CLONE_DETACHED flag.
Under CLONE_SIGHAND, noted that 'flags' must also include
CLONE_VM if CLONE_SIGHAND is specified.
2006-02-16 04:00:49 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
2ccb99ea53
Remove duplicate CLONE_STOPPED text.
2006-02-16 03:17:12 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
efa25b17c6
Modify formatting of copyright notices
2006-02-15 23:19:08 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
1130df606b
Amend copyright notices, in particular those where I had significant
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authorship.
2006-02-15 23:15:29 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
2486cacf6d
ffix
2006-02-14 18:16:45 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
3adb464791
tfix
2006-02-13 22:46:01 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
2d7195b8fb
Change "path name" to "pathname"
2006-02-12 22:19:08 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
2c5f10893e
Change "file name" to "filename"
2006-02-12 22:15:41 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
069c98bab0
Minor wording fix.
2006-02-12 01:54:40 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
435827ff1d
tfix
2006-02-11 20:54:15 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
360c175e1a
Documented the EAGAIN error for msgrcv().
2006-02-11 20:53:04 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
0483625f84
ffix
2006-02-11 20:16:44 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
8548d8e240
Under ERRORS: Separate out EAGAIN error for locking mmaped files.
2006-02-10 20:29:38 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
c533af9d27
Reformatted FIXMEs
2006-02-10 18:46:42 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
dcec8eb551
Formatting fixes
2006-02-09 20:29:51 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
9ff08aad91
Formatting fixes
2006-02-09 20:24:53 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
c4d4162c93
Modified versions of old GPL pages on kernel modules API.
2006-02-09 19:32:36 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
0b3189d89a
minor wording change
2006-02-08 19:36:09 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
ad31978e25
Minor changes after suggestions from Robert Love.
2006-02-08 19:16:12 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
92057f4dbc
Updated FIXMEs
2006-02-08 09:44:13 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
64c7bb8a52
Add SEE ALSO for pwrite(2).
2006-02-08 04:18:44 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
6188db2db4
Add SEE ALSO for pread(2).
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As per Debian bug 351873.
2006-02-08 04:18:25 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
4d2b74dded
New pages for inotify API
2006-02-08 04:13:22 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
314093c9cd
New pages on NUMA memory allocation policy API.
2006-02-08 03:20:44 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
1363cf9511
Added xref under dnotify description to inotify.7.
2006-02-06 22:43:15 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
083ddbc2c7
Added BUGS txt on interaction between MCL_FUTURE and RLIMIT_MEMLOCK.
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See the following LKML thread:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=113801392825023&w=2
"Rationale for RLIMIT_MEMLOCK"
2006-02-03 20:56:21 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
cbea10b39a
Small wording change under NOTES to clarify
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what happends when a process sends a signal to itself.
See Debian bug 350236.
2006-02-03 03:46:54 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
a5a997ca09
On x86, clone() should not be called through vsyscall,
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but directly through "int $0x80".
2006-02-03 03:32:38 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
48be114450
Major rewrite.
2006-02-02 19:46:34 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
21045df8dd
Other minor wording changes.
2006-02-02 18:18:55 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
071dbad970
Added return types to prototypes for FD_SET(), FD_CLR(),
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FD_ZERO, and FD_ISSET().
2006-02-02 18:15:36 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
6e0e514c76
Rewrote declaration of 'msgp' to be "void *" in response
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to Debian bug report 350884.
Various other wording fixes.
2006-02-02 10:47:23 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
68b93ce208
Small wording changes
2006-02-02 03:25:50 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
bfe9ba6712
Clarify distinction between "file creation flags" and
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"file status flags".
2006-02-02 03:25:41 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
74f3f90ba5
Noted that portable applications should specify fd as -1
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when using MAP_ANONYMOUS.
Some rewriting of description of MAP_ANONYMOUS.
2006-02-01 19:19:59 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
c72dada18f
tfix
2006-02-01 18:39:15 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
04d6ea6b8a
Noted that waitid() does not set infop->si_uid field on
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most other implementations.
2006-01-23 06:41:46 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
d6c1d7e0b5
New link to sigreturn.2
2006-01-17 21:45:31 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
cd84309e6b
new link to sigsuspend.2
2006-01-17 21:45:04 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
736e551b25
tfix
2006-01-16 19:40:20 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
ed645f8762
Clarify relationship between mmap2(2) and mmap64(3)
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A few other small rewordings.
2006-01-15 20:47:36 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
b50582ebfa
Added BUG noting that O_ASYNC can't be enabled via
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open(): fcntl() must be used for this purpose.
2006-01-15 04:39:23 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
6e126ed614
Formatting fix
2006-01-14 17:09:59 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
964d4d9c5c
Format fix
2006-01-14 17:05:44 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
e75529df3b
Noted bug that could wrongly cause EPERM in unprivileged
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capset() with 'pid' field == getpid().
2006-01-14 03:25:01 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk
80b50848d0
Replace "SYSV" by "System V"
2006-01-13 09:44:53 +00:00