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==================== Changes in man-pages-3.44 ====================
Released: 2012-11-07, Barcelona
Contributors
------------
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:
Bert Hubert <bert.hubert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
David Prévot <taffit@xxxxxxxxxx>
James Youngman <jay@xxxxxxx>
Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Lars Wirzenius <liw@xxxxxx>
Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@xxxxxxxxx>
Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx>
Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Simon Paillard <spaillard@xxxxxxxxxx>
Thomas Habets <thomas@xxxxxxxxx>
Apologies if I missed anyone!
New and rewritten pages
-----------------------
delete_module.2
Michael Kerrisk
Rewrite to Linux 2.6+ reality
Michael Kerrisk
Change license and copyright
There is now nothing left of the original FSF-copyrighted
page. So, change the copyright and license.
Michael Kerrisk [Lucas De Marchi, Rusty Russell]
Substantial reorganization after comments from Rusty Russell
Rusty notes that O_NONBLOCK is almost always used in
practice. Therefore, it would be better to reorganize
the page to consider that "the default".
init_module.2
Michael Kerrisk
Rewrite to Linux 2.6+ reality
Michael Kerrisk
Change copyright and license
Little of the original page now remains. Change
copyright and license
Michael Kerrisk [Rusty Russell]
Changes after review comments from Rusty Russell
Kees Cook
Add various pieces describing Linux 2.6+ behavior
Pieces take from, or inspired by, a patch sent by Kees.
getauxval.3
Michael Kerrisk
Document getauxval() function added in glibc 2.16
Global changes
--------------
Various pages
Michael Kerrisk
Global fix: Use consistent capitalization in NAME section
The line(s) in the NAME section should only use capitals
where English usage dictates that. Otherwise, use
lowercase throughout.
Various pages
Michael Kerrisk
Global fix: "userspace" ==> "user space" or "user-space"
Existing pages variously use "userspace or "user space".
But, "userspace" is not quite an English word.
So change "userspace" to "user space" or, when used
attributively, "user-space".
Changes to individual pages
---------------------------
clock_getres.2
clock_nanosleep.2
Michael Kerrisk
Linking with -lrt is no longer needed from glibc 2.17 onward
create_module.2
Michael Kerrisk
Note that this system call is present only in kernels before 2.6
Michael Kerrisk
Note that ENOSYS probably indicates kernel 2.6+
execve.2
Michael Kerrisk
Document treatment of PR_SET_PDEATHSIG on execve()
Michael Kerrisk
Document treatment of SECBIT_KEEP_CAPS securebits flag on execve()
fork.2
Michael Kerrisk
Note treatment of default timer slack value on fork()
getdomainname.2
Simon Paillard [Lars Wirzenius]
Point out that these calls relate to NIS, not DNS
See http://bugs.debian.org/295635
get_kernel_syms.2
Michael Kerrisk
Note that this system call is present only in kernels before 2.6
ipc.2
Michael Kerrisk
Update note on architectures that don't have ipc()
Replace mention of ia64 with x86-64 and ARM.
link.2
Michael Kerrisk
Add EPERM error triggered by /proc/sys/fs/protected_hardlink
prctl.2
Michael Kerrisk
Mention Documentation/prctl/no_new_privs.txt for PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS
Kees Cook
update seccomp sections for mode 2 (BPF)
This adds a short summary of the arguments used
for "mode 2" (BPF) seccomp.
Michael Kerrisk
Small improvements to PR_SET_SECCOMP discussion
Note type of 'arg3' for SECCOMP_MODE_FILTER.
Add pointer to Documentation/prctl/seccomp_filter.txt.
Michael Kerrisk
Note 'seccomp' semantics with respect to fork(), execve(), and prctl()
Michael Kerrisk
Document PR_SET_TIMERSLACK and PR_GET_TIMERSLACK
Michael Kerrisk
Reword PR_SET_NAME and PR_GET_NAME in terms of threads
Plus tfix
Kees Cook
document PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS, PR_GET_NO_NEW_PRIVS
This adds a short description of the no_new_privs bit,
as described in Documentation/prctl/no_new_privs.txt.
ptrace.2
Michael Kerrisk
Clarify that some operations are not present on all architectures
PTRACE_GETREGS, PTRACE_SETGREFS, PTRACE_GETFPREGS,
and PTRACE_GETSPREGS are not present on all architectures.
PTRACE_SYSEMU and PTRACE_SYSEMU_SINGLESTEP are present only
on x86.
See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=122383
query_module.2
Michael Kerrisk
Add a few words clarifying reference to /sys/module
Michael Kerrisk
Note that this system call is present only in kernels before 2.6
Michael Kerrisk
Note that ENOSYS probably indicates kernel 2.6+
Michael Kerrisk
SEE ALSO: Add modinfo(8) and lsinfo(8)
Michael Kerrisk
Move some information in NOTES to VERSIONS
socketcall.2
Michael Kerrisk
Update note on architectures that don't have socketcall()
Replace mention of ia64 with x86-64 and ARM.
times.2
Thomas Habets
Recommend clock_gettime(2) as alternative to times(2)
clock_getcpuclockid.3
Michael Kerrisk
Linking with -lrt is no longer needed from glibc 2.17 onward
fts.3
Simon Paillard [James Youngman]
Improve description of physical vs. logical tree walking
See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=633505
getenv.3
Michael Kerrisk
SEE ALSO: add getauxval(3)
proc.5
Michael Kerrisk
Document /proc/meminfo
Info mostly taken from Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
and Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt.
Michael Kerrisk
Default for /proc/sys/fs/protected_{hardlinks,symlinks} is now 0
The default setting of 1 in/proc/sys/fs/protected_hardlinks
and /proc/sys/fs/protected_symlinks caused one too many
breakages for Linus's taste, so commit 561ec64ae67e changed
the default for both files to 0.
Note system call error yielded by /proc/sys/fs/protected_symlinks
Note that violating 'protected_symlinks' restrictions
causes system calls to fail with the error EACCES.
Michael Kerrisk
Since Linux 2.6.27, /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe depends on CONFIG_MODULES
ipv6.7
Bert Hubert
Document IPV6_RECVPKTINFO
man-pages.7
Michael Kerrisk
Note rules for capitalization in NAME section
time.7
Michael Kerrisk
Add a subsection on timer slack
ld.so.8
Michael Kerrisk
SEE ALSO: add getauxval(3)
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