bug in proc(5) manpage

bug in proc(5) manpage

[Andre Landwehr]

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hi,
the man page for "proc" says for the /proc/[pid]/stat files the field
"itrealvalue":

"Since kernel 2.6.17, this field is no longer maintained, and is hard
coded as 0."

Looking at the kernel source[1] however, I see that the field is not
hard coded as 0 but instead has been removed completely. Since this may
result in a one-off when searching for a specific field, it should be
documented correctly.

Best regards,

Andre


[1] compare the relevant file of 2.6.16 and 2.6.17 
    sources:
    http://lxr.linux.no/#linux+v2.6.16/fs/proc/array.c#L415
    http://lxr.linux.no/#linux+v2.6.17/fs/proc/array.c#L413


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Andre Landwehr, Ricklinger Stadtweg 42, D-30459 Hannover




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Re: bug in proc(5) manpage

[Andre Landwehr]

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On Wednesday, 2010/07/28, 12:04 +0200 Andre Landwehr wrote:
> hi,
> the man page for "proc" says for the /proc/[pid]/stat files the field
> "itrealvalue":
>
> "Since kernel 2.6.17, this field is no longer maintained, and is hard
> coded as 0."
> 
> Looking at the kernel source[1] however, I see that the field is not
> hard coded as 0 but instead has been removed completely. Since this may
> result in a one-off when searching for a specific field, it should be
> documented correctly.

Forget it, the man page is correct. I overlooked the hardcoded "0" in
the format string of the printf. Sorry for the noise.

Regards,
Andre

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Andre Landwehr, Ricklinger Stadtweg 42, D-30459 Hannover




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