man-pages-3.65 released
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The Linux man-pages maintainer proudly announces:
man-pages-3.65 - man pages for Linux
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Online changelog:
http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/changelog.html#release_3.65
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http://linux-man-pages.blogspot.com/2014/04/man-pages-365-is-released.html
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==================== Changes in man-pages-3.65 ====================
Released: 2014-04-20, Munich
Contributors
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The following people contributed patches/fixes or (noted in brackets in the changelog below) reports, notes, and ideas that have been incorporated in changes in this release:
Alex Thorlton <athorlton-sJ/[email protected]>
Ashish Sangwan <[email protected]> Christopher Covington <[email protected]> Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]> Craig McQueen <craig.mcqueen-5IW6GhIdNBM/[email protected]> Dave Chinner <[email protected]>
David Prévot <[email protected]>
Greg Troxel <gdt-2FjktZCtrC/[email protected]>
Matthew Dempsky <[email protected]> Michael Kerrisk <[email protected]> Mike Frysinger <[email protected]> Namjae Jeon <[email protected]> Peng Haitao <[email protected]>
Petr Gajdos <[email protected]>
Richard Hansen <rhansen-A08e6c8yq/[email protected]>
Simon Paillard <[email protected]> Steven Stewart-Gallus <[email protected]> Vince Weaver <[email protected]> Yuri Kozlov <[email protected]>
Apologies if I missed anyone!
New and rewritten pages
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inet_net_pton.3
Michael Kerrisk
New page describing inet_net_pton(3) and inet_net_ntop(3)
Newly documented interfaces in existing pages
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fallocate.2
Michael Kerrisk, Namjae Jeon [Christoph Hellwig, Dave Chinner]
Document FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE
prctl.2
Michael Kerrisk [Alex Thorlton]
Document PR_SET_THP_DISABLE and PR_GET_THP_DISABLE
proc.5
Michael Kerrisk
Document /proc/[pid]/stack
Michael Kerrisk
Document /proc/[pid]/clear_refs
New and changed links
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inet_net_ntop.3
Michael Kerrisk
New link to new inet_net_pton.3
Changes to individual pages
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fcntl.2
Michael Kerrisk
Note the race when O_CLOEXEC is used at same time as fork()+execve()
madvise.2
Michael Kerrisk
SEE ALSO: see prctl(2)
Because of PR_SET_THP_DISABLE.
mlock.2
Michael Kerrisk
Describe treatment of MCL_FUTURE during fork(2) and execve(2)
msync.2
Michael Kerrisk [Richard Hansen, Greg Troxel]
Warn that one of MS_SYNC or MS_ASYNC is required
open.2
Michael Kerrisk
Add more detail on the race that O_CLOEXEC is designed to avoid
Michael Kerrisk [Matthew Dempsky]
Remove crufty text stating that O_DIRECTORY is Linux-specific
Michael Kerrisk
Note which filesystems support O_TMPFILE
perf_event_open.2
Vince Weaver [Michael Kerrisk]
Clarify EACCES and EPERM errors
Clarify the reasons for EACCES and EPERM errors.
Vince Weaver [Michael Kerrisk]
Make the ERRORS section more comprehensive.
Determined both by code inspection and by writing a large number of test programs.
personality.2
Michael Kerrisk
Available execution domains are listed in <sys/personality.h>
Michael Kerrisk
Fix discussion of return value
prctl.2
Michael Kerrisk
ERRORS: document EINVAL for PR_GET_NO_NEW_PRIVS
ERRORS: document EINVAL for PR_SET_PDEATHSIG
ERRORS: document EINVAL for PR_SET_TIMING
ERRORS: document EINVAL for PR_SET_DUMPABLE
ERRORS: document EINVAL for PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS
shmget.2
Michael Kerrisk
Rewrite description of SHMMNI default value
Michael Kerrisk
Note default value of SHMMAX
Note default value for SHMALL
byteorder.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread-safe
The functions htonl(), htons(), ntohl() and ntohs() are thread safe.
fexecve.3
Michael Kerrisk [Steven Stewart-Gallus]
If 'fd' is a close-on-exec file descriptor for a script, fexecve() fails
See https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=74481
ffs.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread-safe
The functions ffs(), ffsl() and ffsll() are thread safe.
getauxval.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note function that is thread-safe
The function getauxval() is thread safe.
getcontext.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread-safe
The functions getcontext() and setcontext() are thread safe.
getsubopt.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note function that is thread-safe
The function getsubopt() is thread safe.
getutmp.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread-safe
The functions getutmp() and getutmpx() are thread safe.
inet.3
Michael Kerrisk
Note success and error return for inet_aton()
inet.3
Michael Kerrisk [Craig McQueen]
The form 'a.b' if is suitable for Class A addresses (not class C)
Michael Kerrisk
SEE ALSO: add inet_net_pton(3)
makecontext.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread-safe
The functions makecontext() and swapcontext() are thread safe.
pthread_attr_setdetachstate.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread-safe
The functions pthread_attr_setdetachstate() and pthread_attr_getdetachstate() are thread safe.
pthread_attr_setguardsize.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread-safe
The functions pthread_attr_setguardsize() and pthread_attr_getguardsize() are thread safe.
sigsetops.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread-safe
The functions sigemptyset(), sigfillset(), sigaddset(), sigdelset(), sigismember(), sigisemptyset(), sigorset() and sigandset() are thread safe.
proc.5
Petr Gajdos
Improve /proc/[pid]/smaps entries description
Michael Kerrisk
/proc/PID/smaps is present only if CONFIG_PROC_PAGE_MONITOR
Michael Kerrisk
Note kernel version for /proc/sys/kernel/{shmall,shmmax}
Michael Kerrisk
Note kernel version for /proc/sys/kernel/{msgmax,msgmnb}
capabilities.7
Michael Kerrisk
SEE ALSO: add capsh(1)
libc.7
Michael Kerrisk
Add musl libc
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