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2012-10-25getdomainname.2: Point out that these calls relate to NIS, not DNSSimon Paillard1-3/+3
2012-10-24prctl.2: Note 'seccomp' semantics with respect to fork(), execve(), and prctl()Michael Kerrisk1-0/+15
2012-10-24times.2: Recommend clock_gettime(2) as alternative to times(2)Thomas Habets1-2/+2
2012-10-24prctl.2: Mention Documentation/prctl/no_new_privs.txt for PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVSMichael Kerrisk1-0/+3
2012-10-24prctl.2: Some edits to Kees's patchMichael Kerrisk1-12/+13
2012-10-24prctl.2: Minor edits to Kee's patchMichael Kerrisk1-8/+28
2012-10-24prctl.2: document PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS, PR_GET_NO_NEW_PRIVSKees Cook1-0/+15
2012-10-24prctl.2: Small improvements to PR_SET_SECCOMP discussionMichael Kerrisk1-4/+8
2012-10-24prctl.2: Minor edits to Kees's patchMichael Kerrisk1-7/+12
2012-10-24prctl.2: update seccomp sections for mode 2 (BPF)Kees Cook1-10/+30
2012-10-24ipv6.7: Document IPV6_RECVPKTINFOBert Hubert1-3/+4
2012-10-24Makefile: Add 'check-groff-warnings' targetSimon Paillard1-0/+13
2012-10-24proc.5: tfixDavid Prévot1-1/+1
2012-10-24set_thread_area.2: tfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-10-24get_thread_area.2: tfixMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2012-10-24man-pages.7: tfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-10-24man-pages.7: Note rules for capitalization in NAME sectionMichael Kerrisk1-1/+5
2012-10-24intro.1, add_key.2, get_mempolicy.2, get_thread_area.2, intro.2, keyctl.2, mb...Michael Kerrisk39-40/+39
2012-10-24futex.2: wfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-10-24netdevice.7: tfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-10-24eventfd.2, futex.2, mmap2.2, open.2, pciconfig_read.2, ptrace.2, reboot.2, re...Michael Kerrisk22-46/+46
2012-10-24Changes.old: tfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-10-24Changes.old: Minor tweaks to 3.43 changelogMichael Kerrisk1-5/+8
2012-10-24delete_module.2: SEE ALSO: Add modprobe(8)Michael Kerrisk1-1/+2
2012-10-24query_module.2: Move some information in NOTES to VERSIONSMichael Kerrisk1-4/+5
2012-10-24create_module.2, delete_module.2, get_kernel_syms.2, init_module.2, query_mod...Michael Kerrisk5-5/+5
2012-10-24init_module.2: Change copyright and licenseMichael Kerrisk1-5/+21
2012-10-24init_module.2: Changes after review comments from Rusty RussellMichael Kerrisk2-21/+45
2012-10-24create_module.2: Note that ENOSYS probably indicates kernel 2.6+Michael Kerrisk1-1/+2
2012-10-24query_module.2: Note that ENOSYS probably indicates kernel 2.6+Michael Kerrisk1-1/+2
2012-10-24delete_module.2: Change license and copyrightMichael Kerrisk1-6/+20
2012-10-24delete_module.2: Substantial reorganization after comments from Rusty RussellMichael Kerrisk1-66/+89
2012-10-18init_module.2: Add various pieces describing Linux 2.6+ behaviorKees Cook1-7/+24
2012-10-18get_kernel_syms.2: Note that this system call is present only in kernels befo...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+4
2012-10-18create_module.2: Note that this system call is present only in kernels before...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+4
2012-10-18query_module.2: Note that this system call is present only in kernels before 2.6Michael Kerrisk1-1/+4
2012-10-18init_module.2: Rewrite to Linux 2.6+ realityMichael Kerrisk1-46/+107
2012-10-18delete_module.2: Rewrite to Linux 2.6+ realityMichael Kerrisk1-12/+123
2012-10-18delete_module.2: SEE ALSO: add rmmod(8)Michael Kerrisk1-2/+3
2012-10-18query_module.2: SEE ALSO: Add modinfo(8) and lsinfo(8)Michael Kerrisk1-1/+3
2012-10-18query_module.2: Add a few words clarifying reference to /sys/moduleMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2012-10-18proc.5: Since Linux 2.6.27, /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe depends on CONFIG_MODULESMichael Kerrisk1-1/+3
2012-10-18proc.5: Fix merge conflictMichael Kerrisk1-0/+12
2012-10-18proc.5: Document /proc/meminfoMichael Kerrisk1-1/+234
2012-10-18proc.5: ffixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-10-16link.2: Add EPERM error triggered by /proc/sys/fs/protected_hardlinkMichael Kerrisk1-1/+8
2012-10-16ipc.2: Update note on architectures that don't have ipc()Michael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2012-10-16socketcall.2: Update note on architectures that don't have socketcall()Michael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2012-10-15proc.5: Note system call error yeilded by /proc/sys/fs/protected_symlinksMichael Kerrisk1-0/+6
2012-10-15proc.5: wfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-10-15Start of man-pages-3.44: updating Changes and Changes.oldMichael Kerrisk2-220/+257
2012-10-15Start of man-pages-3.44: updating .Announce and .lsm filesMichael Kerrisk2-4/+4
2012-10-15Start of man-pages-3.44: renaming .Announce and .lsm filesMichael Kerrisk2-0/+0
2012-10-15Ready for 3.43Michael Kerrisk2-3/+3
2012-10-15Removed trailing white space at end of linesMichael Kerrisk7-9/+9
2012-10-15Expanded tabsMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-10-15timer_settime.2, man-pages.7: tstampMichael Kerrisk2-2/+2
2012-10-15Changes: Ready for 3.43Michael Kerrisk1-4/+218
2012-10-15ddp.7: tfixYuri Kozlov1-1/+1
2012-10-15proc.5: Document /proc/sys/fs/protected_symlinksMichael Kerrisk1-0/+24
2012-10-15proc.5: Document /proc/sys/fs/protected_hardlinksMichael Kerrisk1-0/+49
2012-10-15capabilities.7: Document interaction of CAP_SYSLOG and /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+12
2012-10-15proc.5: Document /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrictMichael Kerrisk1-1/+21
2012-10-10ttyname.3: SEE ALSO: Add ctermid(3)Michael Kerrisk1-0/+1
2012-10-10ip.7: SEE ALSO: Add icmp(7)Michael Kerrisk1-0/+1
2012-10-10ip.7: SEE ALSO: Add ipv6(7)Michael Kerrisk1-0/+1
2012-10-09phys.2: New link to unimplemented.2Michael Kerrisk1-0/+1
2012-10-02timer_settime.2: Small rewording around discussion of pointer argumentsMichael Kerrisk1-2/+3
2012-10-01getitimer.2: Note Linux's odd handling of the new_value==NULL caseMichael Kerrisk1-1/+16
2012-09-30getitimer.2: Fix types used to declare fields in timeval structMichael Kerrisk1-3/+3
2012-09-28quotactl.2: tfixDavid Prévot1-1/+1
2012-09-26time.1, atexit.3, bsearch.3, dlopen.3, envz_add.3, errno.3, fmtmsg.3, getgren...Michael Kerrisk38-188/+188
2012-09-25sched_get_priority_max.2, sched_setparam.2, sched_setaffinity.2, sched_setsch...Michael Kerrisk19-0/+38
2012-09-25man-pages.7: Add some advice about disabling hyphenation in SEE ALSOMichael Kerrisk1-0/+11
2012-09-25keyctl.2: ffix: prevent hyphenation and justification under SEE ALSOMichael Kerrisk1-0/+2
2012-09-25keyctl.2: Reorder SEE ALSO, without .brDavid Prévot1-34/+12
2012-09-25pthread_yield.3: tfixDavid Prévot1-1/+1
2012-09-25pthread_sigmask.3: tfixDavid Prévot1-1/+1
2012-09-25pthread_kill.3: tfixDavid Prévot1-1/+1
2012-09-25mallopt.3: tfixDavid Prévot1-1/+1
2012-09-25mcheck.3: srcfix: Remove already fixed FIXMEsDavid Prévot1-3/+0
2012-09-25random.4: ffixDavid Prévot1-1/+1
2012-09-24time.1, atexit.3, bsearch.3, dlopen.3, envz_add.3, errno.3, fmtmsg.3, getgren...Michael Kerrisk38-188/+188
2012-09-24syscalls.2, uname.2, boot.7: Global fix: s/OS/operating system/Michael Kerrisk3-4/+5
2012-09-24bdflush.2, get_robust_list.2, kexec_load.2, madvise.2, mmap.2, mount.2, prctl...Michael Kerrisk21-39/+40
2012-09-24nscd.conf.5: spfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-09-24arch_prctl.2, fcntl.2, flock.2, get_robust_list.2, getpriority.2, ioprio_set....David Prévot61-131/+133
2012-09-24stat.2: tfixGuillem Jover1-1/+1
2012-09-24tsearch.3: ffixDavid Prévot1-1/+0
2012-09-24regex.3: tfixDavid Prévot1-1/+1
2012-09-24cpuid.4: ffixDavid Prévot1-2/+2
2012-09-24getutent.3: ffixDavid Prévot1-1/+1
2012-09-24syscalls.2: ffixDavid Prévot1-2/+2
2012-09-24ldd.1: ffixDavid Prévot1-1/+1
2012-09-24inotify.7: tfixMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2012-09-24wait4.2: Note that these functions are nonstandard and recommend alternativesAdrian Bunk1-1/+7
2012-09-23wait4.2: CONFORMING TO: Note SUS details for wait3()Michael Kerrisk1-0/+7
2012-09-23aio_write.3: tfixYuri Kozlov1-1/+1
2012-09-23sigaction.2: wfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-09-23sigaction.2: Tweak SA_RESETHAND descriptionMichael Kerrisk1-3/+2
2012-09-06shutdown.2: Document EINVAL error (and associated bug)Michael Kerrisk1-1/+15
2012-09-06sigvec.3: Add "int" arg to sv_handler definition in sigvec structureMichael Kerrisk1-3/+3
2012-09-06sigvec.3: Fix small error in discussion of blocking of signalsMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2012-09-06sigvec.3: grfixMichael Kerrisk1-4/+4
2012-08-29fts.3: tfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-08-29ldd.1, execve.2, getdents.2, quotactl.2, select_tut.2, clock_getcpuclockid.3,...Michael Kerrisk13-28/+28
2012-08-27semop.2: Recast discussion of blocking behavior in terms of threadsMichael Kerrisk1-14/+14
2012-08-27semop.2: Minor rewordingMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-08-27semop.2: SEE ALSO: Add clone(2)Michael Kerrisk1-1/+2
2012-08-27ld.so.8: Add some details for LD_PRELOADMichael Kerrisk1-2/+4
2012-08-27ld.so.8: Describe interpretation of slashes in dependency stringsMichael Kerrisk1-2/+10
2012-08-27ld.so.8: srcfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-08-27ld.so.8: grfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-08-27ld.so.8: Repeat note that LD_LIBRARY_PATH is ignored in privileged programsMichael Kerrisk1-0/+1
2012-08-27ld.so.8: Note that LD_PRELOAD list separator can be space or colonMichael Kerrisk1-2/+3
2012-08-27ld.so.8: tfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-08-27gnu_get_libc_version.3: Remove unneeded "#define _GNU_SOURCE" from SYNOPSISMichael Kerrisk1-2/+1
2012-08-24Changes.old: spfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-08-22select.2: Clarify equivalent pslect() code in terms of threadsMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2012-08-22pthread_kill.3, pthread_sigqueue.3: Remove wording "another"Michael Kerrisk2-6/+6
2012-08-22getenv.3: tfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-08-22clock_nanosleep.2: wfix: s/SA_SIGACTION/SA_RESTART/Michael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2012-08-22proc.5: tfixMichael Kerrisk1-6/+6
2012-08-22proc.5: Update description of 'starttime' field of /proc/PID/statMichael Kerrisk1-2/+5
2012-08-17syslog.3: Remove (apparently bogus) text claiming LOG_AUTH is deprecatedSimon Josefsson1-4/+2
2012-08-17epoll_wait.2: Add pointer to select(2) for discussion of close in another threadMichael Kerrisk1-1/+8
2012-08-17poll.2: Add pointer to select(2) for discussion of close in another threadMichael Kerrisk1-1/+6
2012-08-17select.2: Note behavior if monitored file descriptor is closed in another threadMichael Kerrisk1-1/+17
2012-08-17select.2: Minor wording fixesMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-08-17epoll_wait.2: Describe timeout limitation in kernels < 2.6.37Michael Kerrisk1-1/+13
2012-08-16slabinfo.5: srcfix: Added FIXMEMichael Kerrisk1-0/+9
2012-08-14iso_8859-1.7: Minor fixesMichael Kerrisk1-2/+0
2012-08-14proc.5: Clarify header file referred related to 'flags' field of /proc/PID/statMichael Kerrisk1-3/+3
2012-08-14secure_getenv.3: New link to getenv.3Michael Kerrisk1-0/+1
2012-08-14getenv.3: Document secure_getenv(3)Michael Kerrisk1-3/+55
2012-08-14Start of man-pages-3.43: updating Changes and Changes.oldMichael Kerrisk2-417/+454
2012-08-14Start of man-pages-3.43: updating .Announce and .lsm filesMichael Kerrisk2-4/+4
2012-08-14Start of man-pages-3.43: renaming .Announce and .lsm filesMichael Kerrisk2-0/+0
2012-08-14Ready for 3.42Michael Kerrisk2-3/+3
2012-08-14Removed trailing white space at end of linesMichael Kerrisk3-4/+4
2012-08-14mprotect.2, syscall.2, realpath.3, iso_8859-1.7: tstampMichael Kerrisk4-4/+4
2012-08-14Changes: Ready for 3.42Michael Kerrisk1-11/+416
2012-08-14iso_8859-1.7: Explanation of SOFT HYPHEN and the code for itBjarni Ingi Gislason1-2/+10
2012-08-14futex.2: Fix description of EINVAL errorMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-08-13futex.2: Various wording fix-upsMichael Kerrisk1-17/+21
2012-08-13futex.2: Consolidate error descriptions to ERRORSМарк Коренберг1-15/+24
2012-08-13mprotect.2: 'addr' argument is not constMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-08-13capget.2, futex.2, sched_setscheduler.2, spu_create.2, spu_run.2, vfork.2, ge...Sami Kerola33-101/+164
2012-08-13realpath.3: Use past tense with ancient history (libc4, libc5)Shawn Landden1-2/+2
2012-08-13proc.5: wfixTolga Dalman1-1/+1
2012-08-13migrate_pages.2: spfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-08-13strcpy.3: wfixDavid Prévot1-1/+1
2012-08-13strcat.3: ffixDavid Prévot1-1/+1
2012-08-13readdir.3: ffixDavid Prévot1-1/+1
2012-08-13ptrace.2: tfixDavid Prévot1-1/+1
2012-08-03futex.7: ffixDavid Prévot1-1/+1
2012-08-03rtime.3: Fix broken pointer cast in example codeMichael Kerrisk1-2/+4
2012-08-03getdents.2, select_tut.2, atof.3, atoi.3, pthread_create.3, pthread_sigmask.3...Michael Kerrisk10-22/+22
2012-08-03ptrace.2: Explain WNOHANG behavior and EINTR bugDenys Vlasenko1-11/+61
2012-08-03adjtimex.2: srcfix: added FIXMEMichael Kerrisk1-0/+2
2012-08-03ptrace.2: srcfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-08-03migrate_pages.2: Fix description of return valueMichael Kerrisk1-3/+4
2012-08-03socket.2: tfixAkihiro MOTOKI1-1/+1
2012-08-03inotify_init.2: tfixAkihiro MOTOKI1-1/+1
2012-08-03ioprio_set.2: Document who==0 for IOPRIO_WHO_PROCESS and IOPRIO_WHO_PGRPMichael Kerrisk1-0/+8
2012-08-03ioprio_set.2: wfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-08-03ioprio_set.2: Clarify the multithreaded behavior of ioprio_set(2)Colin McCabe1-4/+23
2012-08-03netlink.7: Change description of "*_pid" fields to "Port ID"Simon Paillard1-3/+3
2012-07-28glob.7: ffixMichael Kerrisk1-3/+6
2012-07-28glob.7: Update bash(1) command used to obtain classical globbing behaviorMichael Kerrisk1-3/+5
2012-07-23socket.7: srcfixMichael Kerrisk1-0/+5
2012-07-21sigwait.3: Reword "is delivered" to "becomes pending"Michael Kerrisk1-4/+5
2012-07-21sigwaitinfo.2: Some wording clarificationsMichael Kerrisk1-12/+15
2012-07-21set_tid_address.2: Some rewordings and minor clarificationsMichael Kerrisk1-8/+12
2012-07-21set_tid_address.2: Some minor rewordingsMichael Kerrisk1-3/+3
2012-07-21set_tid_address.2: ffixMichael Kerrisk1-3/+5
2012-07-20set_tid_address.2: Rename 'ctid' argument for consistency with clone(2) pageMichael Kerrisk1-7/+7
2012-07-20clone.2: Rewrite discussion of sys_cloneMichael Kerrisk1-11/+18
2012-07-20strcat.3: NOTES: Add discussion on strlcat()Michael Kerrisk1-1/+38
2012-07-20strcat.3: Add some text to emphasize the dangers of buffer overrunsMichael Kerrisk1-0/+4
2012-07-20strcpy.3: Minor rewordingMichael Kerrisk1-2/+1
2012-07-20strcpy.3: NOTES: Add a discussion of strlcpy()Michael Kerrisk1-1/+49
2012-07-19strcpy.3: Note that info is lost when strncpy() doesn't null terminateMichael Kerrisk1-0/+6
2012-07-19strcpy.3: Add some text to emphasize possibility of buffer runs with strcpy()Michael Kerrisk1-0/+2
2012-07-19strcpy.3: Fix description of the null-byte padding performed by strncpy()Michael Kerrisk1-3/+5
2012-07-19capabilities.7: Document CAP_BLOCK_SUSPENDMichael Kerrisk1-1/+7
2012-07-19ldd.1: Add security note on untrusted executablesMichael Kerrisk1-1/+29
2012-07-19syscalls.2: Move discussion of set_zone_reclaim(2) out of main tableMichael Kerrisk1-3/+5
2012-07-19syscalls.2: Add kcmp(2)Michael Kerrisk1-2/+3
2012-07-19core.5: Note effect of madvise(2) MADV_DONTDUMP flagMichael Kerrisk1-1/+7
2012-07-19get_robust_list.2, get_thread_area.2, getcpu.2, getdents.2, gettid.2, io_canc...Michael Kerrisk25-32/+123
2012-07-19syscall.2: Add some more details to the description of syscall(2)Michael Kerrisk1-2/+16
2012-07-19kexec_load.2: tfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-07-19getifaddrs.3: Note that ifa_addr and ifa_netmask can be NULLMichael Kerrisk1-1/+3
2012-07-19glob.7: Change 8 bit characters to 7 bit representationBjarni Ingi Gislason1-3/+1
2012-07-19path_resolution.2, epoll.4, fifo.4, futex.4, complex.5, environ.5: Remove out...Michael Kerrisk6-12/+0
2012-07-19Changes.old: tfixBjarni Ingi Gislason1-1/+1
2012-07-19rtld-audit.7: tfixMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2012-07-19readdir.3: Handle -1 error from pathconf() in example code snippetMichael Kerrisk1-3/+5
2012-07-19lockf.3: spfix: T_LOCK --> F_LOCKMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2