Manpages

About man-pages

Since we modify kernel source code and userspace API, we need to reflect such changes in official man-pages package (which lives at http://git.kernel.org/?p=docs/man-pages/man-pages.git). So lets track the status here.

Status

Manpage	Description	Status	Comments
man-pages: 98ef180325	kcmp system call	v3.46	merged
man-pages: 69287cb678	prctl SET_MM extension	v3.39	merged
	prctl PR_GET_TID_ADDRESS	-	sent for review

Need to check

xemul@

• net dialogue interface (uncluding SOCK_DIAG_BY_FAMILY,NETLINK_SOCK_DIAG) --> man7/netlink.7
• kernel.ns_last_pid, is kernel docs enough?
• sockoption -- TCP_REPAIR and etc
• SO_GET_FILTER

PATCHSENT state

• SO_PEEK_OFF -- for socket
• Allow to create links with given ifindex RTM_NEWLINK
• SO_BINDTODEVICE readable now
• /proc/pid/map_files links (like /proc/pid/fd ones)

avagin@

proc: don't show nonexistent capabilities ?

skinsbursky@

MSG_COPY for IPC

gorcunov@

• tty's TIOCGPKT,TIOCGPTLCK,TIOCGEXCL codes -- unclear where to put, since there is no man for other ioctls
• smaps flags in man5/proc.5
• fdinfo
• F_GETOWNER_UIDS in fcntl