"ATTRIBUTES" section gives the information of thread-safety. Signed-off-by: Peng Haitao <penght@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- man7/man-pages.7 | 18 +++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7 index b21de1d..8533cfb 100644 --- a/man7/man-pages.7 +++ b/man7/man-pages.7 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" 2007-05-30 created by mtk, using text from old man.7 plus .\" rewrites and additional text. .\" -.TH MAN-PAGES 7 2012-10-21 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH MAN-PAGES 7 2012-12-04 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME man-pages \- conventions for writing Linux man pages .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ ERRORS [Typically only in Sections 2, 3] ENVIRONMENT FILES VERSIONS [Normally only in Sections 2, 3] +ATTRIBUTES [Normally only in Sections 2, 3] CONFORMING TO NOTES BUGS @@ -342,6 +343,21 @@ The manual page also provides information about kernel versions in which various system calls first appeared. .TP +.B ATTRIBUTES +For Section 2 and 3 manual pages, this section gives a +number of attributes, e.g., +.RS +.TS +allbox; +c. +thread-safety +reentrant/non-reentrant +async-signal-safety +cancelation safety +.TE +.RE +.TP +.sp .B CONFORMING TO describes any standards or conventions that relate to the function or command described by the manual page. -- 1.8.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html