From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 70D18493657 for ; Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:02:26 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=170.10.133.124 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1787418147; cv=none; b=evRkYOf5cjilxnnDYVPtjhic7HPFY1e8RsD+eCkYdfoxJld5RSh5mKy+l9p4M2JhMSpojDRhUJSQlTUCiheqAR8w6fcEwzrd8RjuIaBf3nVo6x36O41Bgyo2XHpV2OW/1qXZpnIwkXnokWqcLn2M8n0u25CPqJA1M5aJgW9frYU= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1787418147; c=relaxed/simple; bh=b5/yV1I5xW8X5VfQbQ/ki0b6CsXUbkUfZV8F3DR+Eu4=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version: Content-Type; b=EIDa6r+a0h4TJRF92E7G4I5EBKJUmdNr4lu71/tE4Se3iNABmCSkVNDYU/3tYQuBdJhjoxQL8uGcuBcIyNCpZY8lR8TiWtK3L+nqfQ4hxWJGyHpqpjAvo5a9sSFIC9DHgYP+9bta7uPDsLiyVmgridRpYQNXIOJyIRi8TkiY4so= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=redhat.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=redhat.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.b=M5zOn/Da; arc=none smtp.client-ip=170.10.133.124 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=redhat.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.b="M5zOn/Da" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1787418145; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to; bh=Bc1eoUdEbMGAaIBoXQgepxQAoSkyFbnHJCn8sAHpa8o=; b=M5zOn/DaXp0o2zik6KnZvAxVe3pj6I7DTjsYnOL9vTKxJXCT5SYHwNre7tT/NrnZJoYtex umg39SGkWX4IrPzA1C/kvdTxq8rg2yYxC0uuhfiSuTOENa6u88u2LalWUmPoONPiJslqqa DnTomaC1/M0Aww9dw34Vt6q/GgxdI0M= Received: from mx-prod-mc-01.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (ec2-54-186-198-63.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com [54.186.198.63]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-602-V43PG5s1P0K9b57r8NZ7nQ-1; Sat, 22 Aug 2026 13:02:20 -0400 X-MC-Unique: V43PG5s1P0K9b57r8NZ7nQ-1 X-Mimecast-MFC-AGG-ID: V43PG5s1P0K9b57r8NZ7nQ_1787418139 Received: from mx-prod-int-01.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (mx-prod-int-01.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com [10.30.177.4]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mx-prod-mc-01.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B433119560AA; Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:02:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from greed.delorie.com (unknown [10.22.88.30]) by mx-prod-int-01.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 45DC430001A2; Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:02:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from greed.delorie.com.redhat.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by greed.delorie.com (8.16.1/8.16.1) with ESMTP id 67MH2HFQ373137; Sat, 22 Aug 2026 13:02:17 -0400 From: DJ Delorie To: Alejandro Colomar Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/4] man/man5/tunables.conf: Document system-wide tunables config In-Reply-To: (message from Alejandro Colomar on Sat, 22 Aug 2026 16:10:34 +0200) Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 13:02:17 -0400 Message-ID: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.4.1 on 10.30.177.4 Alejandro Colomar writes: >> +.BI [ filter : pattern ] >> +.EE >> +.in >> +.TP >> +.B proc >> +The >> +.B proc >> +filter limits the following tunables to processes >> +whose name matches the pattern. > > Is this also a glob(7) pattern? Or is it a literal name? No, it matches /pattern/ exactly.