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670 Commits

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Michael Kerrisk 266a5e9172 FUTEX_FD is scheduled for removal in June 2007. 2006-11-25 01:57:28 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 53e4da489a Since Linux 2.6.18, the PID of the new process is also available
for PTRACE_EVENT_VFORKDONE.
2006-11-25 01:21:51 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk bcdd964e2d Fix description of O_LARGEFILE to mention required feature test macros. 2006-11-25 01:00:24 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk e97b529a2a MNT_FORCE can cause data loss. 2006-10-04 14:44:36 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 5535400717 Mosts systems support the synonym _SC_PAGE_SIZE (the only exception I
know is Darwin, and maybe it supports it by now as well).
2006-10-02 04:58:20 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 9ec86f2990 Noted that sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE) is preferred in portable applications. 2006-10-02 04:54:09 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 96d969a22a Slight rewording 2006-10-02 04:51:18 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk a4775da652 tfix 2006-10-02 04:48:28 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk ebad513a93 Noted that sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX) is preferred in portable applications. 2006-10-02 04:48:10 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 64536a1bf4 Document PR_GET_ENDIAND and PR_SET_ENDIAN. 2006-09-26 13:01:24 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 5e6055f467 Since 2.6.18, POSIX_FADV_NOREUSE is a no-op. 2006-09-26 12:41:08 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk e87fdd92fa Updated Linux versions where the options where introduced.
Added PR_SET_TIMING, PR_GET_TIMING, PR_SET_NAME, PR_GET_NAME,
PR_SET_UNALIGN, PR_GET_UNALIGN, PR_SET_FPEMU, PR_GET_FPEMU,
PR_SET_FPEXC, PR_GET_FPEXC.
2006-09-26 12:03:11 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk a3b7f00b4a Since kernel 2.6.18, setting 2 for PR_SET_DUMPABLE is no longer possible. 2006-09-26 08:36:02 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 34f7665a1c Added FIXME for priority inheritance operations. 2006-09-26 06:38:06 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 2bc4bb77a9 New system calls in 2.6.17. 2006-09-18 12:35:34 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 8231ec7de4 Added SEE ALSO referring to new splice.2 page. 2006-09-18 12:32:48 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk cdcaddfc07 Noted interactions with fork handlers in multithreaded programs. 2006-09-17 06:21:29 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk fe247268a9 The PR_SET_NAME setting is not preserved across an execve(). 2006-09-13 14:08:11 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 7fc594a121 Added feature test macros to SYNOPSIS. 2006-09-09 06:37:43 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 8106981956 s/SUID/set-user-ID/
s/SGID/set-group-ID/
2006-09-06 15:23:31 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk e743a18476 Add "#define _GNU_SOURCE" to SYNOPSIS. 2006-09-06 14:27:38 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 3747f3976c Remove superfluous "#include <unistd.h>" from SYNOPSIS. 2006-09-06 13:58:21 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 2b6832a92b Noted that sync_file_range() appeared in kernel 2.6.17. 2006-09-06 09:17:14 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 9f339d4e28 Added EBUSY error for case where MS_INVALIDATE is applied to a locked region. 2006-09-06 08:36:15 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 62a04c814e Added some EINVAL errors. 2006-09-06 04:44:04 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk c8f3e58070 Added note on Linux's old (pre-2.6.12) buggy treatment of length==0. 2006-09-05 12:24:48 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 835c4d5ce4 Document MADV_REMOVE.
Document MADV_DONTFORK / MADV_DOFORK.
2006-09-05 11:47:03 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 78cb591178 Mappings marked with madvise(MADV_DONTFORK) are not inherited by child. 2006-09-05 11:35:35 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk e7d3b0705c added FIXME 2006-09-05 08:03:37 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 80a34ae3aa Added list of process attributes that are not preserved on exec(). 2006-09-04 12:27:37 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk dff08bbcbf Update .TH line 2006-09-04 11:30:36 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk a99426d3cf Greatly expanded, to describe all attributes that differ in parent and child. 2006-09-04 11:27:07 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk f55461f02f wfix/ffix 2006-09-04 09:26:59 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk aa43415854 Restore SEE ALSO reference to path_resolution.2. 2006-09-04 09:21:26 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk a7422469fd Fix header in example program. 2006-09-04 09:00:30 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk ef0b81712f wfix/tfix 2006-09-04 08:57:04 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 3bd6a9b118 Memory policy is preserved across execve(). 2006-09-04 08:21:37 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk a5053dcb15 Reinstate text on CLONE_DETACHED, and add a few words. 2006-09-04 06:57:17 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk ab9260357e Document AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW (new in 2.6.18). 2006-08-10 06:39:51 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk ed93deb2ba SEE ALSO should refer to writev.2, not writev.3 2006-08-10 05:15:07 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 39b9794d6d wfix 2006-08-09 15:08:53 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 1343b6043b Make naming of 'pathname' argument consistent; various minor rewordings. 2006-08-09 09:08:01 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk b328773d4d tfix/wfix 2006-08-08 16:34:16 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk db71f2e2a5 tfix 2006-08-08 16:26:04 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk a7fadb5558 Updated CONFOMRING TOs and/or standards references. 2006-08-04 12:39:17 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 9d9dc1e854 Updated CONFORMING TO and/or standards references 2006-08-04 09:41:28 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 953ba3f070 x 2006-08-04 08:41:13 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk ead8304237 _XOPEN_SOURCE=500 also gets fchdir() prototype. 2006-08-04 08:39:48 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 0ae3116f0b ffix 2006-08-04 08:23:27 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 97c1eac86f Updated CONFORMING TO section 2006-08-03 13:57:17 +00:00