Gidday,
I've released man-pages-3.51 - man pages for Linux.
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_3.51
A short summary of the release is blogged at:
http://linux-man-pages.blogspot.de/2013/04/man-pages-351-is-released.html
The current version of the pages is browsable at:
http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/
A few changes in this release that may be of interest to readers of
this list are given below.
Cheers,
Michael
==================== Changes in man-pages-3.51 ====================
Newly documented interfaces in existing pages
---------------------------------------------
sched_rr_get_interval.2
Michael Kerrisk
Document /proc/sys/kernel/sched_rr_timeslice_ms
proc.5
Pavel Emelyanov
Document /proc/[pid]/map_files directory
This directory was added in Linux v3.3 and provides info about
files being mmap-ed in a way very similar to how /proc/[pid]/fd
works.
v2: Added examples of how links look like and noted dependency
on kernel config option CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE.
Michael Kerrisk
Document /proc/sys/kernel/shm_rmid_forced
capabilities.7
Michael Kerrisk
Document /proc/sys/kernel/cap_last_cap
Changes to individual pages
---------------------------
clone.2
Michael Kerrisk [Peter Schiffer]
Add prototype for syscall to SYNOPSIS
And further clarify the distinction between the system call
and the wrapper function in the introductory text.
Michael Kerrisk [Mike Frysinger]
Clarify differences between clone2() syscall and wrapper function
Michael Kerrisk [Mike Frysinger]
Note those architectures where the sys_clone argument order differs
Add short subsection noting that blackfin, m68k, and sparc are different
getcpu.2
Michael Kerrisk
Recommend that 'tcache' should be specified as NULL nowadays
syscall.2
Changhee Han
Add notes that caution users when passing arguments to syscall()
For example, passing 'long long' on ARM-32 requires special
treatment.
Mike Frysinger [Michael Kerrisk]
Document the exact calling convention for architecture system calls
Mike Frysinger [Kyle McMartin]
Add PA-RISC details under calling conventions
Michael Kerrisk [Mike Frysinger]
Refine discussion of ARM and other ABIs
readir.3
seekdir.3
telldir.3
Michael Kerrisk
Eliminate the implication that these functions deal with "offsets"
The directory position dealt with by the readdir() and
friends is not a simple file offset in modern file systems.
Typically, it is some kind of cookie value. Add text and
make other changes to these pages to eliminate the
implication that this is an offset, and warn the reader
that directory positions should be treated strictly as
opaque values.
In the process, rename the 'offset' argument of seekdir(3)
to 'loc', and add some text to readdir(3) to note that
the 'd_off' field is the same value returned by telldir(3)
at the current directory position.
See also https://lwn.net/Articles/544298/
ip.7
Radek Pazdera
Document IP_MULTICAST_ALL
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