I've uploaded man-pages-3.12 into the release directory (or view the online pages). Notable changes in man-pages-3.12 are:
- Documentation is added for a set of new and changed system calls (which will be the subject of a future post) that extend the functionality of existing system calls that work with file descriptors. (The changes occurred in kernel 2.6.27.) The new and modified system calls add flags that allow the close-on-exec file descriptor flag to be set, and the non-blocking file status to be set on a file description, as the file is opened. The modified pages are:
- dup(2) adds a description of the new dup3() system call.
- epoll_create(2) adds a description of the new epoll_create1() system call.
- eventfd(2) adds a description of the new eventfd2() system call.
- inotify_init(2) adds a description of the new inotify_init1() system call.
- pipe(2) adds a description of the new pipe2() system call.
- signalfd(2) adds a description of the new signalfd4() system call.
- socket(2) and socketpair(2) add a description of the new SOCK_CLOEXEC and SOCK_NONBLOCK flags.
- timerfd_create(2) adds a description of the new TFD_CLOEXEC and TFD_NONBLOCK flags.
- A start has been made on providing man pages for the POSIX threads library functions: 15 new pages documenting 23 functions.
- pthread_attr_init(3) (includes documentation of pthread_attr_destroy(3))
- pthread_attr_setdetachstate(3) (includes documentation of pthread_attr_getdetachstate(3))
- pthread_attr_setguardsize(3) (includes documentation of pthread_attr_getguardsize(3))
- pthread_attr_setscope(3) (includes documentation of pthread_attr_getscope(3))
- pthread_attr_setstacki(3) (includes documentation of pthread_attr_getstack(3))
- pthread_attr_setstackaddr(3) (includes documentation of pthread_attr_getstackaddr(3))
- pthread_attr_setstacksize(3) (includes documentation of pthread_attr_getstacksize(3))
- pthread_create(3)
- pthread_detach(3)
- pthread_equal(3)
- pthread_exit(3)
- pthread_getattr_np(3)
- pthread_join(3)
- pthread_self(3)
- pthread_tryjoin_np(3) (includes documentation of pthread_timedjoin_np(3))
- Many details were added to, or fixed in, ld.so(8).
3 comments:
Thank you for your great work keeping the Linux man-pages up-to-date!
Heh, I didn't expect to see orchids in the kernel planet :-) ... You have a huge laelia blooming there, hamp seems too small for a gouldiana, you know the specie ?
Awesome work. The pthread pages have always been just a tiny bit sparse and any improvement to the epoll pages is welcome. :)
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