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2024-05-02man/, share/mk/: Move man*/ to man/Alejandro Colomar1-1019/+0
2023-10-31man*/: srcfix (Use .P instead of .PP or .LP)Alejandro Colomar1-36/+36
2023-09-22man*/: Update references to sigevent(7 => 3type)Alejandro Colomar1-1/+1
2023-04-03man*/: ffixAlejandro Colomar1-2/+2
2023-02-05Many pages: Use \[bu] instead of \(buAlejandro Colomar1-41/+41
2022-12-15Many pages: Add '\" t' comment where necessaryAlejandro Colomar1-0/+1
2022-12-04Many pages: wfixAlejandro Colomar1-3/+3
2022-10-30Many pages: Use correct letter case in page titles (TH)Alejandro Colomar1-1/+1
2022-10-29Many pages: Use a consistent style for listsAlejandro Colomar1-50/+50
2022-10-29Many pages: Use .TP for tagged paragraphsAlejandro Colomar1-5/+10
2022-10-09dist.mk, All pages: .TH: Generate date at 'make dist'Alejandro Colomar1-1/+1
2022-10-09getent.1, iconv.1, intro.1, ldd.1, locale.1, localedef.1, memusage.1, memusag...Alejandro Colomar1-1/+1
2022-09-09Revert "src.mk, All pages: Move man* to man/"Alejandro Colomar1-0/+1013
2022-09-05src.mk, All pages: Move man* to man/Alejandro Colomar1-1013/+0
2022-08-21All pages: Remove the 5th argument to .THAlejandro Colomar1-1/+1
2022-08-21All pages: Replace the 4th argument to .TH by "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"Alejandro Colomar1-1/+1
2022-07-29Many pages: Use STANDARDS instead of CONFORMING TOAlejandro Colomar1-1/+1
2022-03-20Many pages: Fix style issues reported by `make lint-groff`Alejandro Colomar1-8/+8
2022-02-25Various pages: [Linux-man-pages-copyleft] Use SPDX-License-IdentifierAlejandro Colomar1-21/+1
2021-06-10signal.7: Add reference to seccomp_unotify(2)Michael Kerrisk1-0/+9
2021-03-22getent.1, ldd.1, locale.1, localedef.1, memusage.1, memusagestat.1, mtrace.1,...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2021-01-21Various pages: use real minus signs in pathnamesMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2020-12-30signal.7: tfixJakub Wilk1-1/+1
2020-12-21getent.1, access.2, cacheflush.2, chroot.2, clock_getres.2, fcntl.2, getrusag...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2020-11-18signal.7: Add pidfd_send_signal() to list of APIs for sending signalsMichael Kerrisk1-0/+3
2020-11-18signal.7: ffixMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2020-11-17signal.7: Fixes and additions to text on execution of signal handlersMichael Kerrisk1-4/+16
2020-11-17signal.7: Mention 'ucontext_t' in the discussion of signal handler executionMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2020-11-17makecontext.3: Minor rewordingMichael Kerrisk1-0/+7
2020-11-17signal.7: Fixes to the text of "Execution of signals handlers"Michael Kerrisk1-3/+1
2020-11-17getcontext.3, signal.7: tfixMichael Kerrisk1-13/+18
2020-11-13signal.7: Minor tweaks to new "Execution of signal handlers" subsectionMichael Kerrisk1-5/+16
2020-11-12signal.7: Relocate the new "Execution of signal handlers" subsectionMichael Kerrisk1-77/+78
2020-11-12signal.7: Minor tweaks to the test on execution of signal handlersMichael Kerrisk1-1/+4
2020-11-12signal.7: Add some details on the execution of signal handlersMichael Kerrisk1-1/+76
2020-11-12signal.7: SEE ALSO: add swapcontext(3)Michael Kerrisk1-0/+1
2020-10-24signal.7: srcfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+0
2020-08-13intro.1, clock_getres.2, execve.2, fcntl.2, iopl.2, lseek.2, mknod.2, mmap.2,...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2020-07-24Various pages: Drop t comment headerMike Frysinger1-1/+0
2020-07-06intro.1, localedef.1, memusage.1, memusagestat.1, bpf.2, execve.2, fork.2, ke...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2020-06-21man7/*: srcfix: trim trailing spaceBjarni Ingi Gislason1-1/+1
2020-05-19pipe.2, sigaltstack.2, abort.3, signal.7: Place SH sections in standard orderMichael Kerrisk1-26/+26
2020-05-19gettid.2, open.2, seccomp.2, pthread_mutex_consistent.3, signal.7, xattr.7: P...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2020-04-19signal.7: tfixMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2020-04-13signal.7: srcfix: note some implementation-specific details for process-direc...Michael Kerrisk1-0/+18
2020-04-11getent.1, localedef.1, accept.2, arch_prctl.2, clock_getres.2, clock_nanoslee...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2020-04-10sigaction.2, signal.7: Document kernel bugs in delivery of signals from CPU e...Zack Weinberg1-10/+30
2020-03-29signal.7: wfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2019-10-10signal.7: SEE ALSO: add pidfd_send_signal(2)Michael Kerrisk1-0/+1
2019-08-28signal.7: tfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2019-08-26signal.7: Enhance the text on process-directed and thread-directed signalsMichael Kerrisk1-11/+22
2019-08-26signal.7: tfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2019-08-02pldd.1, bpf.2, chdir.2, clone.2, fanotify_init.2, fanotify_mark.2, intro.2, i...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2019-07-13signal.7: Minor text reworkMichael Kerrisk1-2/+3
2019-07-13signal.7: Some reworking of Michal Sekletar's textMichael Kerrisk1-4/+7
2019-07-13signal.7: Relocate Michal Sekletar's textMichael Kerrisk1-5/+5
2019-07-13signal.7: Clarify that siginfo_t isn't changed on coalescingMichal Sekletar1-0/+5
2019-07-13signal.7: Add subsection on queuing and delivery semantics for standard signalsMichael Kerrisk1-0/+10
2019-07-10signal.7: Various fields in /proc/PID/status show signal-related informationMichael Kerrisk1-0/+23
2019-03-06getent.1, iconv.1, ldd.1, locale.1, localedef.1, memusage.1, memusagestat.1, ...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2018-11-17signal.7: Unify signal lists into a signal table that embeds standards infoMichael Kerrisk1-75/+38
2018-11-17signal.7: Insert standards info into tablesMichael Kerrisk1-41/+41
2018-11-17signal.7: Place signal numbers in a separate tableMichael Kerrisk1-0/+73
2018-11-17signal.7: ffixMichael Kerrisk1-3/+3
2018-11-09signal.7: tfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2018-11-07signal.7: Reorder the architectures in the signal number listsMichael Kerrisk1-19/+19
2018-11-07signal.7: Add signal numbers for pariscHelge Deller1-33/+28
2018-09-10signal.7: SEE ALSO: add clone(2)Michael Kerrisk1-0/+1
2018-05-18signal.7: Clarify that sigsuspend() and pause() suspend the calling *thread*Michael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2017-10-20capget.2, fanotify_init.2, fcntl.2, ioctl_tty.2, madvise.2, mbind.2, prctl.2,...Michael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2017-09-15iconv.1, ldd.1, locale.1, localedef.1, memusage.1, memusagestat.1, mtrace.1, ...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2017-08-18aio.7, arp.7, attributes.7, boot.7, cgroups.7, cpuset.7, credentials.7, fanot...Michael Kerrisk1-21/+21
2017-07-21signal.7: Since glibc 2.26, SIGUNUSED is no longer definedMichael Kerrisk1-0/+3
2017-05-30signal.7: read() from an inotify FD is no longer interrupted by a stop signalMichael Kerrisk1-1/+3
2017-05-30signal.7: Since Linux 3.8, read(2) on an inotify FD is restartable with SA_RE...Michael Kerrisk1-5/+9
2017-05-03_exit.2, alarm.2, chmod.2, clone.2, epoll_ctl.2, fcntl.2, fork.2, fsync.2, ge...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2017-04-28signal.7: SEE ALSO: add sigreturn(2)Michael Kerrisk1-0/+1
2017-03-13add_key.2, execve.2, fork.2, fsync.2, getrandom.2, getrlimit.2, getxattr.2, i...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2017-03-12signal.7: wfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2017-03-12signal.7: tfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2017-01-02signal.7: SIGXFSZ: add reference to setrlimit(2)Michael Kerrisk1-1/+2
2017-01-02signal.7: SIGXCPU: add reference to setrlimit(2)Michael Kerrisk1-1/+2
2017-01-02signal.7: SIGSYS: add reference to seccomp(2)Michael Kerrisk1-1/+2
2017-01-02signal.7: SIGPIPE: add reference to pipe(7)Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2017-01-02signal.7: Add a name for SIGEMTMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2017-01-02pkeys.7, signal.7: tfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2017-01-02signal.7: Change description of SIGSYS to "Bad system call"Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2016-12-12signal-safety.7, signal.7: Migrate discussion of async-signal-safe functions ...Michael Kerrisk1-185/+3
2016-12-05signal.7: tfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2016-11-09signal.7: ffixMichael Kerrisk1-6/+0
2016-11-04kill.2, sigaction.2, signal.2, credentials.7, signal.7: Change section number...Michael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2016-10-29signal.7: srcfix: FIXME tidy-upMichael Kerrisk1-3/+3
2016-10-08memusage.1, memusagestat.1, pldd.1, accept.2, adjtimex.2, arch_prctl.2, bdflu...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2016-08-08signal.7: Fix order of SEE ALSO entriesMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2016-03-15locale.1, localedef.1, _exit.2, accept.2, access.2, acct.2, adjtimex.2, bdflu...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2016-02-16signal.7: Note the interactions of longjmp() and non-async-signal-safe functionsMichael Kerrisk1-1/+8
2016-02-16signal.7: srcfix: FIXMEMichael Kerrisk1-0/+2
2015-12-05mremap.2, open.2, perf_event_open.2, prctl.2, ptrace.2, reboot.2, seccomp.2, ...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2015-09-11signal.7: Note async-signal-safe functions added by POSIX.1-2008 TC1Michael Kerrisk1-0/+12
2015-05-07add_key.2, chown.2, epoll_ctl.2, epoll_wait.2, execve.2, fcntl.2, get_mempoli...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2015-05-05signal.7: Clarify that I/O operations on disks are not interrupted by signalsMichael Kerrisk1-1/+2
2015-03-29intro.1, ldd.1, clone.2, getgroups.2, getpid.2, getsockopt.2, ioctl_list.2, m...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2015-03-28signal.7: SEE ALSO: add nptl(7)Michael Kerrisk1-0/+1
2015-03-22signal.7: Summarize 2.2 system call changes that resulted from larger signal ...Michael Kerrisk1-0/+20
2015-03-22signal.7: Correct the range of realtime signalsMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2015-03-22signal.7: Note when Linux added realtime signalsMichael Kerrisk1-0/+1
2015-02-21signal.7: srcfix: note commit hash for futex() restart behavior changeMichael Kerrisk1-30/+23
2015-02-01kexec_load.2, personality.2, prctl.2, reboot.2, socket.2, fflush.3, getopt.3,...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2015-01-29signal.7: Add getrandom(2) to list of restartable system callsMichael Kerrisk1-0/+2
2015-01-29signal.7: Add F_OFD_SETLKW to list of restartable operationsMichael Kerrisk1-1/+5
2014-12-31localedef.1, adjtimex.2, clock_nanosleep.2, epoll_ctl.2, ioctl.2, madvise.2, ...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2014-12-30signal.7: Fix SO_RECVTIMEO/ SO_SENDTIMEO confusion in textMichael Kerrisk1-6/+3
2014-12-30signal.7: ffixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2014-12-30signal.7: inotify(7) reads no longer show the odd EINTR error after SIGCONTMichael Kerrisk1-0/+2
2014-12-30signal.7: Since Linux 3.8, reads on inotify(7) file descriptors are restartableMichael Kerrisk1-5/+9
2014-12-30signal.7: Mention other "slow devices"Michael Kerrisk1-0/+10
2014-12-30signal.7: SEE ALSO: add sigreturn(2)Michael Kerrisk1-0/+1
2014-10-15readlink.2, readv.2, pthread_rwlockattr_setkind_np.3, signal.7, unix.7: tstampMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2014-10-08signal.7: pthread_mutex_lock() and pthread_cond_wait() are restartableMichael Kerrisk1-0/+4
2014-08-21adjtimex.2, bind.2, cacheflush.2, clone.2, fallocate.2, fanotify_init.2, fano...Michael Kerrisk1-3/+3
2014-06-13localedef.1, execve.2, fcntl.2, flock.2, lseek.2, open.2, open_by_handle_at.2...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2014-05-28signal.7: Clarify text describing EINTR semantics for socket interfacesMichael Kerrisk1-14/+19
2014-05-28signal.7: srcfix: Add FIXMEsMichael Kerrisk1-0/+3
2014-05-28signal.7: Describe EINTR semantics for recvmmsg(2)Michael Kerrisk1-0/+9
2014-03-26signal.7: grfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2013-07-30clock_nanosleep.2, futex.2, nanosleep.2, poll.2, sigaction.2, sigreturn.2, si...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+2
2013-03-10intro.1, _exit.2, access.2, alarm.2, alloc_hugepages.2, arch_prctl.2, bind.2,...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2013-03-10intro.1, _exit.2, access.2, alarm.2, alloc_hugepages.2, arch_prctl.2, bind.2,...Michael Kerrisk1-0/+2
2013-02-24intro.1, time.1, _syscall.2, accept.2, capget.2, clone.2, execve.2, fcntl.2, ...Michael Kerrisk1-5/+5
2013-02-24getent.1, intro.1, time.1, _exit.2, _syscall.2, accept.2, access.2, acct.2, a...Michael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2013-02-24intro.1, time.1, _syscall.2, accept.2, brk.2, capget.2, faccessat.2, futimesa...Michael Kerrisk1-9/+9
2012-12-31lseek.2, read.2, setsid.2, vhangup.2, getttyent.3, login.3, openpty.3, consol...Michael Kerrisk1-3/+3
2012-09-24bdflush.2, get_robust_list.2, kexec_load.2, madvise.2, mmap.2, mount.2, prctl...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-05-11Removed trailing white space at end of linesMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-05-07signal.7: Update architectures for tables of signal numbersMichael Kerrisk1-2/+4
2012-05-07signal.7: tfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2012-05-07signal.7: Clarify that SIGLOST is unusedMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2012-05-07signal.7: Comment out crufty BUGS text on SIGLOSTMichael Kerrisk1-9/+10
2011-09-19signal.7: SEE ALSO: Add rt_sigqueueinfo(2)Michael Kerrisk1-1/+2
2011-09-19getrlimit.2, kill.2, rt_sigqueueinfo.2, sigaction.2, signal.2, signalfd.2, si...Michael Kerrisk1-3/+3
2011-09-16mprotect.2, malloc.3, signal.7: tstampMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2011-09-16signal.7: Remove crufty repeated info about LinuxThreadsSeonghun Lim1-2/+0
2010-11-17sigqueue.2, pthreads.7, signal.7: SEE ALSO: Add pthread_sigqueue(3)Michael Kerrisk1-0/+1
2010-10-12intro.1, time.1, accept.2, bind.2, connect.2, execve.2, flock.2, getdents.2, ...Michael Kerrisk1-6/+6
2010-09-22pthreads.7, signal.7: Add SEE ALSO reference to new sigevent(7) pageMichael Kerrisk1-2/+3
2010-06-12signal.7: Make a clearer statement about nonportable aspect of signal(2)Michael Kerrisk1-2/+6
2010-06-12signal.7: Minor wording tweaksMichael Kerrisk1-5/+2
2010-02-03signal.7: Fix discussion of SIGUNUSEDMichael Kerrisk1-3/+10
2008-10-29signal.7: ffixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2008-10-29signal.7: Timeouts make socket interfaces non-restartableMichael Kerrisk1-2/+41
2008-10-06signal.7: improve description in NAME sectionMichael Kerrisk1-1/+2
2008-10-05signal.7: Add mention of sigaltstack(2).Michael Kerrisk1-0/+6
2008-10-05signal.7: Describe syscalls that synchronously wait for a signal,Michael Kerrisk1-0/+28
2008-10-05signal.7: Give overview of syscalls that block until a signal is caughtMichael Kerrisk1-0/+11
2008-10-05signal.7: ffixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2008-10-05signal.7: Add overview of interfaces for sending signals.Michael Kerrisk1-1/+27
2008-10-04signal.7: describe semantics w.r.t. fork() and execve()Michael Kerrisk1-0/+20
2008-08-21Update list of async-sygnal-safe functions for POSIX.1-2008.Michael Kerrisk1-2/+29
2008-07-10wfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2008-07-08remove duplicate sigvec(3) in SEE ALSO;Michael Kerrisk1-2/+1
2008-07-07tweaksMichael Kerrisk1-17/+19
2008-07-04tweaksMichael Kerrisk1-3/+10
2008-07-04tweaks + update async-signal-safe function to that given in POSIX.1-2004Michael Kerrisk1-3/+6
2008-07-04wfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2008-07-04wfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2008-07-04tfixMichael Kerrisk1-4/+4
2008-07-04Note a few more architectures on which signal numbers are valid.Michael Kerrisk1-2/+10
2008-07-04tweaksMichael Kerrisk1-3/+8
2008-07-04Describe the aberrant Linux behavior whereby a stop signalMichael Kerrisk1-0/+40
2008-07-04Add a section describing system call restarting, and notingMichael Kerrisk1-18/+155
2008-07-02SEE ALSO: Add sigwait(3).Michael Kerrisk1-0/+1
2008-07-02Note that the delivery order of multiple pending standardMichael Kerrisk1-1/+3
2008-05-12Added FIXMEMichael Kerrisk1-0/+1
2008-03-19Use "run time" when non-attributive, "run-time" when attributive.Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2008-02-11Add SEE ALSO entry referring to new signalfd.2 page.Michael Kerrisk1-0/+1
2007-12-26Hyphenation fixesMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2007-12-26Hyphenation fixesMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2007-12-21Minor formatting changes.Michael Kerrisk1-118/+123
2007-12-08ffixMichael Kerrisk1-2/+4
2007-10-16tfix/wfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2007-09-20Change mtk's email addressMichael Kerrisk1-4/+4
2007-08-27ffix/spfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2007-07-08Removed trailing white space at end of linesMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2007-06-26Add SEE ALSO referenece to sgetmask.2.Michael Kerrisk1-0/+1
2007-06-25Note SIGRTMIN value depends on glibc.Michael Kerrisk1-13/+40
2007-06-20Allow hyphenation breaksMichael Kerrisk1-72/+72
2007-06-11tfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2007-06-08Convert to American spelling conventionsMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2007-06-01grfixMichael Kerrisk1-116/+116
2007-05-30Removed version number from .TH lineMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2007-05-12Use bold for function name, not underline.Michael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2007-05-04Added SEE ALSO entries referring to new bsd_signal.3 and sysv_signal.3 pages.Michael Kerrisk1-0/+2
2007-05-04Incorporated (and slightly modified) the text onMichael Kerrisk1-0/+132
2007-04-12Wrapped long lines, wrapped at sentence boundaries; stripped trailingMichael Kerrisk1-24/+25
2006-12-17s/Unices/Unix systems/Michael Kerrisk1-5/+6
2006-08-03Updated CONFORMING TO sectionMichael Kerrisk1-10/+10
2006-05-22Changed copyright commnents to add 'and' in some casesMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2006-04-24Add text noting that a signal's disposition is process-wide,Michael Kerrisk1-18/+78
2006-04-234.x BSD --> 4.xBSDMichael Kerrisk1-6/+6
2006-03-31Added SEE ALSO entry referring to new core.5 pageMichael Kerrisk1-0/+1
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