From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Denys Vlasenko Subject: Re: [PATCH] ptrace.2: wfix Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 01:29:00 +0100 Message-ID: <201303150129.00866.vda.linux@googlemail.com> References: <1362191753-6287-1-git-send-email-taffit@debian.org> <1362192041-7538-1-git-send-email-taffit@debian.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org Cc: David =?iso-8859-1?q?Pr=E9vot?= , linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org On Tuesday 05 March 2013 17:39, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > [CC+=3DDenys] >=20 > On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 3:40 AM, David Pr=E9vot wr= ote: > > --- > > man2/ptrace.2 | 2 +- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/man2/ptrace.2 b/man2/ptrace.2 > > index 9d1133c..a685049 100644 > > --- a/man2/ptrace.2 > > +++ b/man2/ptrace.2 > > @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ some modifications to the USER area are disallo= wed. > > .TP > > .BR PTRACE_GETREGS ", " PTRACE_GETFPREGS > > Read the tracee's general-purpose or floating-point registers, > > -respectively, to the address > > +respectively, at the address > > .I data > > in the tracer. > > See >=20 > David, I think you are right that there is a wording problem in this > sentence -- "Read ... to" is not the right preposition . But I think > the fix is to change "Read" to "Copy". Thus: >=20 > .TP > .BR PTRACE_GETREGS ", " PTRACE_GETFPREGS > - Read the tracee's general-purpose or floating-point registers, > + Copy the tracee's general-purpose or floating-point registers, > respectively, to the address > .I data > in the tracer. Sounds ok. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html