[PATCH 1/2] eventfd.2: fix a typo

[PATCH 1/2] eventfd.2: fix a typo

[Alexander Shishkin]

Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <virtuoso-0lOfPCoBze7YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
---
 man2/eventfd.2 |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man2/eventfd.2 b/man2/eventfd.2
index 88ca50d..2071e48 100644
--- a/man2/eventfd.2
+++ b/man2/eventfd.2
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ to change the behaviour of
 .B EFD_NONBLOCK
 Set the
 .BR O_NONBLOCK
-file status flag on the new open file description.
+file status flag on the new open file descriptor.
 Using this flag saves extra calls to
 .BR fcntl (2)
 to achieve the same result.
-- 
1.7.2.1.45.gb66c2

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[PATCH 2/2] eventfd.2: correction on preserving across execve(2)

[Alexander Shishkin]

Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <virtuoso-0lOfPCoBze7YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
---
 man2/eventfd.2 |    5 ++++-
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man2/eventfd.2 b/man2/eventfd.2
index 2071e48..1b4f752 100644
--- a/man2/eventfd.2
+++ b/man2/eventfd.2
@@ -186,7 +186,10 @@ eventfd object.
 File descriptors created by
 .BR eventfd ()
 are preserved across
-.BR execve (2).
+.BR execve (2)
+unless
+.BR EFD_CLOEXEC
+flag has been used.
 .SH "RETURN VALUE"
 On success,
 .BR eventfd ()
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1.7.2.1.45.gb66c2

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Re: [PATCH 2/2] eventfd.2: correction on preserving across execve(2)

[Michael Kerrisk]

Hello Alexander,

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Alexander Shishkin <virtuoso-0lOfPCoBze7YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <virtuoso-0lOfPCoBze7YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>  man2/eventfd.2 |    5 ++++-
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/man2/eventfd.2 b/man2/eventfd.2
> index 2071e48..1b4f752 100644
> --- a/man2/eventfd.2
> +++ b/man2/eventfd.2
> @@ -186,7 +186,10 @@ eventfd object.
>  File descriptors created by
>  .BR eventfd ()
>  are preserved across
> -.BR execve (2).
> +.BR execve (2)
> +unless
> +.BR EFD_CLOEXEC

I applied the patch, but used the words "the close-on-exec" here.


> +flag has been used.

And I changed "used" to "set".

Changes applied for man-pages 3.26.

Thanks,

Michael
>  .SH "RETURN VALUE"
>  On success,
>  .BR eventfd ()
> --
> 1.7.2.1.45.gb66c2
>
>



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