From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Subject: Re: [patch] times.2: spfix Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 14:19:30 +0200 Message-ID: <53999AD2.7090302@gmail.com> References: <20140612214322.6b9184d6@notabene.brown> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20140612214322.6b9184d6-wvvUuzkyo1EYVZTmpyfIwg@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: NeilBrown Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org On 06/12/2014 01:43 PM, NeilBrown wrote: > > "passed" is a verb (in past tense), but the verb in this sentence (or clause, > as "occur" is also a verb in a different clause of the sentence) is "wraps". > "past" is, among other things, a preposition and it tells the position, with > respect to the object ("the maximum value"), where the verb (wrapping) > happens. > > So "past" is correct, not "passed". Quite! Thanks for the patch, Neil. Applied. Cheers, Michael > diff --git a/man2/times.2 b/man2/times.2 > index e605feb6aae2..8d68efc4358c 100644 > --- a/man2/times.2 > +++ b/man2/times.2 > @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ A limitation of the Linux system call conventions on some architectures > (41 seconds) soon after boot when > .BR times () > can return \-1, falsely indicating that an error occurred. > -The same problem can occur when the return value wraps passed > +The same problem can occur when the return value wraps past > the maximum value that can be stored in > .BR clock_t . > .\" The problem is that a syscall return of -4095 to -1 > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- 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