Re: [PATCH 22/24] membarrier.2: Note that glibc does not provide a wrapper

Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-09-11T09:35:27Z

On 9/11/20 11:33 AM, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> * Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com>, 2020-09-10, 23:13:
>> I copied .nf and .fi from futex.2, but they made no visual difference.
>> What do they actually do?
>
> .nf disables filling and adjusting; .fi re-enables them:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/manual/html_node/Filling-and-Adjusting.html
> https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/manual/html_node/Manipulating-Filling-and-Adjusting.html
>
> In membarrier.2's SYNOPSIS section, there's just a single short line in
> each paragraph, so it makes no difference.
>
> It does make a difference in futex.2.

Thanks for jumping in, Jakub. I was in a bit of a hurry, and missed
Alex's question.

Cheers,

Michael

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