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22 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Michael Kerrisk 45c99e3ec4 get_robust_list.2, get_thread_area.2, getcpu.2, getdents.2, gettid.2, io_cancel.2, io_destroy.2, io_getevents.2, io_setup.2, io_submit.2, ioprio_set.2, kexec_load.2, llseek.2, modify_ldt.2, mq_getsetattr.2, pivot_root.2, readdir.2, rt_sigqueueinfo.2, set_thread_area.2, sgetmask.2, spu_create.2, spu_run.2, subpage_prot.2, sysctl.2, tkill.2: Add note to SYNOPSIS that there is no glibc wrapper for system call
Reduce the chance that the reader may be misled into thinking
that there is a wrapper function for this system call by noting
explicitly in the SYNOPSIS that there is no glibc wrapper and
pointing the reader to NOTES for further details.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-07-19 12:51:28 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk e1c5ebfa25 io_cancel.2, io_destroy.2, io_getevents.2, io_setup.2, io_submit.2: Rewrite to focus on system call API
Rewrite to focus on the system call interface, adding
some notes on the libaio wrapper differences.
See the following mail:
2012-05-07 "aio manuals", linux-man@vger.kernel.org
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.man/1935/focus=2910

Other minor rewrites.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-05-10 11:57:03 +12:00
Michael Kerrisk dd3ec6febb io_cancel.2, io_destroy.2, io_getevents.2, io_setup.2, io_submit.2: srcfix: remove old commented-out formatting directives
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-05-10 11:57:03 +12:00
Michael Kerrisk ff0c327836 io_cancel.2, io_destroy.2, io_getevents.2, io_setup.2, io_submit.2: SEE ALSO: add aio(7)
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2010-10-03 17:12:29 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 24d2f49a4f Describe the unconventional error return provided by the wrapper
function in libaio (and contrast with behavior if the system call
is invoked via syscall(2)).
2008-06-18 20:24:08 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk c4e453903d Re-order ERRORS and SEE ALSO entries to be alphabetical. 2008-06-11 13:57:31 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 8382f16db1 grfix 2007-12-25 21:28:09 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 20c58d7028 ffix 2007-07-21 05:25:03 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk a8d5553785 ffix 2007-07-18 20:24:30 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk bb54fa0226 Fix include in SYNOPSIS. 2007-06-15 05:47:32 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk d9bfdb9c21 Convert to American spelling conventions 2007-06-08 09:56:56 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk d9343c5c13 Removed version number from .TH line 2007-05-30 05:36:26 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk ccd2b351c8 Removed "." at end of SEE ALSO list 2007-05-22 21:49:38 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 3d5a3539b7 Fix inconsistencies in .TH lines 2007-05-18 09:11:21 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 32792f3553 wfix 2007-05-12 13:19:59 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 60a90ecdae Convert function formatting of the form "\fBname\fP()" to ".BR name ()". 2007-05-12 09:06:04 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk c13182efa3 Wrapped long lines, wrapped at sentence boundaries; stripped trailing
white space.
2007-04-12 22:42:49 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk d12c14243e Formatting fixes + fixed return values. 2007-04-03 12:47:21 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk 3547839964 wrap long source lines 2006-12-27 03:54:41 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk e2b013adbc s%linux/aio.h%libaio.h% in SYNOPSIS
changed return type from "long" to "int"
2006-12-01 04:23:44 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk e511ffb6bc Automated addition of parentheses by add_parens_for_own_funcs.sh 2005-10-19 06:54:38 +00:00
Michael Kerrisk fea681dafb Import of man-pages 1.70 2004-11-03 13:51:07 +00:00