Re: proc(5): minor text updates

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Hello Tolga,

On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 9:56 PM, Tolga Dalman
<tolga.dalman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> while reading the /proc/[pid]/stat part in proc(5),
> I noticed two minor issues that should be fixed:
>
> 1. The text reads:
>      "flags %u (%lu before Linux 2.6.22) kernel flags word of the process.
>       For bit meanings, see  the  PF_*  defines  in  <linux/sched.h>."
>
>    PF_* is obvisously wrong. It should be CLONE_*.

I haven't looked closely, but I think PF_* is correct. Why do you
think it's wrong?

> 2. There is a wrong reference further below:
>     "rsslim %lu  Current  soft  limit  in  bytes  on  the  rss of the
>      process; see the description of RLIMIT_RSS in getpriority(2)."
>
>    The correct page is getrlimit(2).

Yes. Thanks for that. Fixed now.

Cheers,

Michael


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