Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754273AbbHIGRf (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Aug 2015 02:17:35 -0400 Received: from mail-wi0-f170.google.com ([209.85.212.170]:34235 "EHLO mail-wi0-f170.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932879AbbHIGRH (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Aug 2015 02:17:07 -0400 Message-ID: <55C6F05D.1040209@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2015 08:17:01 +0200 From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: lkml CC: mtk.manpages@gmail.com Subject: man-pages-4.02 is released Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 4345 Lines: 136 Gidday, The Linux man-pages maintainer proudly announces: man-pages-4.02 - man pages for Linux This release includes various new man pages and makes changes in nearly 400 other pages, based on input and contributions from around 15 people. Tarball download: http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/download.html Git repository: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git/ Online changelog: http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/changelog.html#release_4.01 A short summary of the release is blogged at: http://linux-man-pages.blogspot.com/2015/08/man-pages-402-is-released.html The current version of the pages is browsable at: http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/ A selection of changes in this release that may be interesting for readers of this list is shown below. Cheers, Michael ==================== Changes in man-pages-4.02 ==================== New and rewritten pages ----------------------- dladdr.3 Michael Kerrisk New page documenting dladdr() and dladdr1() Relocate/rewrite dladdr() text formerly contained in dlopen(3). Add documentation of dladdr1(). dlinfo.3 Michael Kerrisk New page describing dlinfo(3) dlopen.3 Michael Kerrisk This page was substantially rewritten and enhanced. Notably: * the dladdr(), dlsym, dlvsym(), and dlerror() content were moved to separate new pages Newly documented interfaces in existing pages --------------------------------------------- dlopen.3 Michael Kerrisk, Carlos O'Donell Document dlmopen(3) nl_langinfo.3 Sam Varshavchik, Michael Kerrisk Add documentation for nl_langinfo_l(3) __ppc_set_ppr_med.3 Gabriel F. T. Gomes Document PPC functions providing access to PPR GNU C Library 2.18 adds functions (__ppc_set_ppr_low(3), __ppc_set_ppr_med(3), __ppc_set_ppr_med_low(3)) that provide access to the Program Priority Register (PPR). __ppc_yield.3 Gabriel F. T. Gomes Document PPC performance-hint functions GNU C Library 2.18 adds functions __ppc_yield(3), __ppc_mdoio(3), and __ppc_mdoom(3) that can be used provide a hint that performance could be improved if shared resources are released for use by other processors. Global changes -------------- Very many pages Michael Kerrisk Update CONFORMING TO section to reflect POSIX.1-2001 and POSIX.1-2008 details. (By now, I believe all pages should be up to date with respect to appropriately mentioning POSIX.1-2001 and POSIX.1-2008.) Changes to individual pages --------------------------- bpf.2 Daniel Borkmann Various updates/follow-ups to address some fixmes A couple of follow-ups to the bpf(2) man-page, besides others: * Description of map data types * Explanation on eBPF tail calls and program arrays * Paragraph on tc holding ref of the eBPF program in the kernel * Updated ASCII image with tc ingress and egress invocations * __sync_fetch_and_add() and example usage mentioned on arrays * minor reword on the licensing and other minor fixups io_getevents.2 Michael Kerrisk Note return value on interruption by a signal handler Michael Kerrisk Clarify details of return value for timeout-expired case Michael Kerrisk Clarify and extend discussion of 'timeout' argument mmap.2 Michael Kerrisk Note that 'length' need not be a page-size multiple for munmap() Michael Kerrisk [David Rientjes, David Rientjes, Mike Kravetz] Describe mmap()/munmap() argument requirements for huge-page mappings fanotify.7 Heinrich Schuchardt Clarify effects of file moves If files or directories are moved to other mounts, the inode is deleted. Fanotify marks are lost. -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/