When /proc/pid/fdinfo was part of proc.5 man page the indentation made sense. As a standalone man page the indentation doesn't need to be so far over to the right. Remove the initial tagged pragraph and move the styling to the initial summary description. Suggested-by: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx> --- man/man5/proc_pid_fdinfo.5 | 66 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/man5/proc_pid_fdinfo.5 b/man/man5/proc_pid_fdinfo.5 index 1e23bbe02..8678caf4a 100644 --- a/man/man5/proc_pid_fdinfo.5 +++ b/man/man5/proc_pid_fdinfo.5 @@ -6,20 +6,19 @@ .\" .TH proc_pid_fdinfo 5 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" .SH NAME -/proc/pid/fdinfo/ \- information about file descriptors +.IR /proc/ pid /fdinfo " \- information about file descriptors" .SH DESCRIPTION -.TP -.IR /proc/ pid /fdinfo/ " (since Linux 2.6.22)" -This is a subdirectory containing one entry for each file which the -process has open, named by its file descriptor. -The files in this directory are readable only by the owner of the process. -The contents of each file can be read to obtain information -about the corresponding file descriptor. -The content depends on the type of file referred to by the -corresponding file descriptor. -.IP +Since Linux 2.6.22, +this subdirectory contains one entry for each file that process +.I pid +has open, named by its file descriptor. The files in this directory +are readable only by the owner of the process. The contents of each +file can be read to obtain information about the corresponding file +descriptor. The content depends on the type of file referred to by +the corresponding file descriptor. +.P For regular files and directories, we see something like: -.IP +.P .in +4n .EX .RB "$" " cat /proc/12015/fdinfo/4" @@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ flags: 01002002 mnt_id: 21 .EE .in -.IP +.P The fields are as follows: .RS .TP @@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ this field incorrectly displayed the setting of at the time the file was opened, rather than the current setting of the close-on-exec flag. .TP -.I .I mnt_id This field, present since Linux 3.15, .\" commit 49d063cb353265c3af701bab215ac438ca7df36d @@ -59,13 +57,13 @@ is the ID of the mount containing this file. See the description of .IR /proc/ pid /mountinfo . .RE -.IP +.P For eventfd file descriptors (see .BR eventfd (2)), we see (since Linux 3.8) .\" commit cbac5542d48127b546a23d816380a7926eee1c25 the following fields: -.IP +.P .in +4n .EX pos: 0 @@ -74,16 +72,16 @@ mnt_id: 10 eventfd\-count: 40 .EE .in -.IP +.P .I eventfd\-count is the current value of the eventfd counter, in hexadecimal. -.IP +.P For epoll file descriptors (see .BR epoll (7)), we see (since Linux 3.8) .\" commit 138d22b58696c506799f8de759804083ff9effae the following fields: -.IP +.P .in +4n .EX pos: 0 @@ -93,7 +91,7 @@ tfd: 9 events: 19 data: 74253d2500000009 tfd: 7 events: 19 data: 74253d2500000007 .EE .in -.IP +.P Each of the lines beginning .I tfd describes one of the file descriptors being monitored via @@ -110,13 +108,13 @@ descriptor. The .I data field is the data value associated with this file descriptor. -.IP +.P For signalfd file descriptors (see .BR signalfd (2)), we see (since Linux 3.8) .\" commit 138d22b58696c506799f8de759804083ff9effae the following fields: -.IP +.P .in +4n .EX pos: 0 @@ -125,7 +123,7 @@ mnt_id: 10 sigmask: 0000000000000006 .EE .in -.IP +.P .I sigmask is the hexadecimal mask of signals that are accepted via this signalfd file descriptor. @@ -135,12 +133,12 @@ and .BR SIGQUIT ; see .BR signal (7).) -.IP +.P For inotify file descriptors (see .BR inotify (7)), we see (since Linux 3.8) the following fields: -.IP +.P .in +4n .EX pos: 0 @@ -150,7 +148,7 @@ inotify wd:2 ino:7ef82a sdev:800001 mask:800afff ignored_mask:0 fhandle\-bytes:8 inotify wd:1 ino:192627 sdev:800001 mask:800afff ignored_mask:0 fhandle\-bytes:8 fhandle\-type:1 f_handle:27261900802dfd73 .EE .in -.IP +.P Each of the lines beginning with "inotify" displays information about one file or directory that is being monitored. The fields in this line are as follows: @@ -168,19 +166,19 @@ The ID of the device where the target file resides (in hexadecimal). .I mask The mask of events being monitored for the target file (in hexadecimal). .RE -.IP +.P If the kernel was built with exportfs support, the path to the target file is exposed as a file handle, via three hexadecimal fields: .IR fhandle\-bytes , .IR fhandle\-type , and .IR f_handle . -.IP +.P For fanotify file descriptors (see .BR fanotify (7)), we see (since Linux 3.8) the following fields: -.IP +.P .in +4n .EX pos: 0 @@ -190,7 +188,7 @@ fanotify flags:0 event\-flags:88002 fanotify ino:19264f sdev:800001 mflags:0 mask:1 ignored_mask:0 fhandle\-bytes:8 fhandle\-type:1 f_handle:4f261900a82dfd73 .EE .in -.IP +.P The fourth line displays information defined when the fanotify group was created via .BR fanotify_init (2): @@ -210,7 +208,7 @@ argument given to .BR fanotify_init (2) (expressed in hexadecimal). .RE -.IP +.P Each additional line shown in the file contains information about one of the marks in the fanotify group. Most of these fields are as for inotify, except: @@ -228,16 +226,16 @@ The events mask for this mark The mask of events that are ignored for this mark (expressed in hexadecimal). .RE -.IP +.P For details on these fields, see .BR fanotify_mark (2). -.IP +.P For timerfd file descriptors (see .BR timerfd (2)), we see (since Linux 3.17) .\" commit af9c4957cf212ad9cf0bee34c95cb11de5426e85 the following fields: -.IP +.P .in +4n .EX pos: 0 -- 2.47.0.rc1.288.g06298d1525-goog
