From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Subject: Re: [PATCH] kcmp: reword slightly awkward section Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2013 15:13:04 -0800 Message-ID: <52A4FD00.4080508@gmail.com> References: <1385570608-2824-1-git-send-email-shawn@churchofgit.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1385570608-2824-1-git-send-email-shawn-01I/ocv1qBBILuwUvNxBeQ@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Shawn Landden , linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.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 () > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ -- 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