From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
To: "Александр Офицеров" <oficerovas@altlinux.org>
Cc: dutyrok@altlinux.org, kovalev@altlinux.org, linux-man@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: man page for syscall delete_module is outdated
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2024 12:56:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZdNCCy_Yx4Ekx4Mj@debian> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <08125e65-52ed-a846-2b38-c7f63071c898@basealt.ru>
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Hi,
On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 11:17:29AM +0300, Александр Офицеров wrote:
> Found out that man page for delete_module syscall is outdated.
> The behaviour described there doesn't match to code, specifically for
> unloading module if its have no refcnt. Parameter O_NONBLOCK described in
> man doesn't exist anymore in kernel versions 3.13+, which is quite old, only
> O_TRUNC parameter present for actual kernel version, O_NONBLOCK does
> nothing.
> I've also opened an issue on bugzilla:
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218489
Would you mind suggesting a patch? Also, would you mind showing your
findings in the kernel code?
See also:
<https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git/tree/CONTRIBUTING>
<https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git/tree/CONTRIBUTING.d/bugs>
<https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git/tree/CONTRIBUTING.d/patches>
<https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git/tree/CONTRIBUTING.d/mail>
Have a lovely day!
Alex
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-02-19 8:17 man page for syscall delete_module is outdated Александр Офицеров
2024-02-19 11:56 ` Alejandro Colomar [this message]
2024-02-19 16:11 ` Alexander Ofitserov
2024-03-04 16:10 ` Alejandro Colomar
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