[PATCH 1/1] inotify.7: munmap does not lead to inotify events

[PATCH 1/1] inotify.7: munmap does not lead to inotify events

[Heinrich Schuchardt]

mmap and msync were already described as not leading to inotify
events.

This patch adds munmap.
I created and executed a test to verify this.

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org>
---
 man7/inotify.7 | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man7/inotify.7 b/man7/inotify.7
index 55e5cab..f719614 100644
--- a/man7/inotify.7
+++ b/man7/inotify.7
@@ -633,9 +633,10 @@ are not monitorable with inotify.
 
 The inotify API does not report file accesses and modifications that
 may occur because of
-.BR mmap (2)
+.BR mmap (2),
+.BR msync (2),
 and
-.BR msync (2).
+.BR munmap (2).
 
 The inotify API identifies affected files by filename.
 However, by the time an application processes an inotify event,
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2.0.0.rc2

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Re: [PATCH 1/1] inotify.7: munmap does not lead to inotify events

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

Thanks, Heinrich. Patch applied.

Cheers,

Michael

On 05/24/2014 10:23 PM, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> mmap and msync were already described as not leading to inotify
> events.
> 
> This patch adds munmap.
> I created and executed a test to verify this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>  man7/inotify.7 | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man7/inotify.7 b/man7/inotify.7
> index 55e5cab..f719614 100644
> --- a/man7/inotify.7
> +++ b/man7/inotify.7
> @@ -633,9 +633,10 @@ are not monitorable with inotify.
>  
>  The inotify API does not report file accesses and modifications that
>  may occur because of
> -.BR mmap (2)
> +.BR mmap (2),
> +.BR msync (2),
>  and
> -.BR msync (2).
> +.BR munmap (2).
>  
>  The inotify API identifies affected files by filename.
>  However, by the time an application processes an inotify event,
> 


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