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Michael Kerrisk 4bcf6cdf93 posix_fadvise.2: srcfix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 21:48:30 +01:00
Mel Gorman ceb1c326b9 posix_fadvise.2: Document the behavior of partial page discard requests
It is not obvious from the interface that partial page discard'
requests are ignored. It should be spelled out.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 21:46:57 +01:00
Sven Hoexter ac4b0eb36e proc.5: Cosmetic changes for VmSwap to keep the layout consistent
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 21:29:11 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk 86e1503ee9 adjtimex.2: tfix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 17:43:18 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk 25a7bfe649 select.2: SEE ALSO: add restart_syscall(2)
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:05:03 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk 795b826743 restart_syscall.2: srcfix: update FIXME
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:05:03 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk 3026ef70d7 restart_syscall.2: Add some text explaining why restart_syscall() exists
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:05:03 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk 891ba05667 signal.7: Fix SO_RECVTIMEO/ SO_SENDTIMEO confusion in text
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:05:03 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk d13bc9426e signal.7: ffix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:05:03 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk 2013e2eb67 semop.2: Add note that interrupted semtimedop() returns 'timeout' unchanged
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:05:03 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk d9817570b2 semop.2: Add subsection head for semtimedop()
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:05:03 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk e90e87e792 semop.2: Remove information about semtimedop() EAGAIN that is repeated elsewhere
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:05:03 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk ecb11ea3fe restart_syscall.2: srcfix: Remove crufty FIXME
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:05:03 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk d7f14b335d restart_syscall.2: srcfix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:05:03 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk b69167e19e signal.7: inotify(7) reads no longer show the odd EINTR error after SIGCONT
Since kernel 3.7, reads from inotify(7) file descriptors no longer
show the (Linux oddity) behavior of failing with EINTR when the
process resumes after a stop signal + SIGCONT.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:05:03 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk b2d757fa4c signal.7: Since Linux 3.8, reads on inotify(7) file descriptors are restartable
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:05:02 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk 53eea2dbae signal.7: Mention other "slow devices"
Reads from eventfd(2), signalfd(2), timerfd(2), inotify(7),
and fanotify(7) file descriptors are also slow operations
that are restartable.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:05:02 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk 5a3a869977 restart_syscall.2: wfix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:05:02 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk 24029e9f1c sigaction.2: Document SA_RESTORER
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:05:02 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk a8e85174d4 sigaction.2: wfix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:05:02 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk 11c40dbd4c sigaction.2: srcfix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:05:02 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk 6e57d26ce5 sigaction.2: tfix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:05:02 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk 48c281d746 sigaction.2: Add some detail on the sa_restorer field
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:05:02 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk eda078d47b sigreturn.2: Add (a lot) more detail on the signal trampoline
And rewrite much of the page.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:05:02 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk 4c886933f9 sigreturn.2: Remove crufty FILES section
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:05:02 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk b71aac7e1a sigaction.2: SEE ALSO: add sigreturn(2)
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:05:02 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk d45832f6ed signal.7: SEE ALSO: add sigreturn(2)
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:05:02 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk 872feab512 adjtimex.2: Rework ADJ_TAI text
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:02:41 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk 93b445d553 adjtimex.2: tfix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:02:41 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk 9155a2763e adjtimex.2: Add more details to description of 'tai' field
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:02:41 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk 5de5062ad1 adjtimex.2: tfix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:02:41 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk d94ed228c3 adjtimex.2: Update RFC number: RFC 5905 obsoletes RFC 1305
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:02:41 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk 6848ba030b adjtimex.2: tfix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:02:41 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk 373bd09840 adjtimex.2: Add nanosecond details
Fixes ttps://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61171.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>

Conflicts:
	man2/adjtimex.2
2014-12-30 16:02:41 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk b84ba68687 adjtimex.2: Document timex 'status' bits
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:02:41 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk c35d69e238 adjtimex.2: tfix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:02:41 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk fe31458ffa adjtimex.2: Note PPS (pulse per second) fields in timex structure
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:02:41 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk 7b69c78cc5 adjtimex.2: Add comment noting that timex structure contains padding bytes
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:02:41 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk 012ed58da5 adjtimex.2: ffix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:02:41 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk 95547282a2 adjtimex.2: ffix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:02:41 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk f4f2c9a18b adjtimex.2: wfix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:02:41 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk 22b278129c adjtimex.2: wfix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:02:41 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk 9d75cc4c8b adjtimex.2: Note kernel version for 'timex.tai' field
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:02:41 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk 784f598504 adjtimex.2: Note effect of ADJ_NANO for ADJ_SETOFFSET
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:02:41 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk cef8628bf4 adjtimex.2: Clarify treatment of other 'modes' bits for ADJ_OFFSET_*
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:02:41 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk 005239ca35 adjtimex.2: Note that ADJ_OFFSET_SINGLESHOT takes a time in microseconds
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:02:41 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk 31d07b1e9a adjtimex.2: Other 'modes' bits are ignored on ADJ_OFFSET_*
Other bits in 'modes' are ignored if modes contains
ADJ_OFFSET_SINGLESHOT or ADJ_OFFSET_SS_READ.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:02:41 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk 6eaec6b167 adjtimex.2: Document ADJ_OFFSET_SS_READ
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:02:40 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk 002d27fb8d adjtimex.2: Improve description of ADJ_OFFSET_SINGLESHOT
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:02:40 +01:00
Michael Kerrisk abe87b0c34 adjtimex.2: Clarify which 'timex' field is used by each 'modes' bit
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-12-30 16:02:40 +01:00