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From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Shawn Landden <shawn-01I/ocv1qBBILuwUvNxBeQ@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kcmp: reword slightly awkward section
Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2013 15:13:04 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <52A4FD00.4080508@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1385570608-2824-1-git-send-email-shawn-01I/ocv1qBBILuwUvNxBeQ@public.gmane.org>

Thanks, Shawn. Applied.

Cheers,

Michael


On 11/27/13 08:43, Shawn Landden wrote:
> ---
>  man2/kcmp.2 | 9 ++++++---
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man2/kcmp.2 b/man2/kcmp.2
> index c4fa3f4..5cde64e 100644
> --- a/man2/kcmp.2
> +++ b/man2/kcmp.2
> @@ -117,10 +117,13 @@ are ignored.
>  .PP
>  Note the
>  .BR kcmp ()
> -is not protected against false positives which may have place if tasks are
> +is not protected against false positives which may occur if tasks are
>  running.
> -Which means one should stop tasks being inspected with this syscall to obtain
> -meaningful results.
> +One should stop tasks by sending
> +.BR SIGSTOP
> +(see
> +.BR signal (7))
> +prior to inspection with this syscall to obtain meaningful results.
>  .SH RETURN VALUE
>  The return value of a successful call to
>  .BR kcmp ()
> 


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Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-11-27 16:43 [PATCH] kcmp: reword slightly awkward section Shawn Landden
     [not found] ` <1385570608-2824-1-git-send-email-shawn-01I/ocv1qBBILuwUvNxBeQ@public.gmane.org>
2013-12-08 23:13   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) [this message]

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