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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2018-11-04 17:28:24 +0100 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2018-11-04 17:28:24 +0100 |
| commit | c020b5a217b2941ce5d6d179f28e782c99aa9ad2 (patch) | |
| tree | 0292eb469e1fc2de7378a6f9c54f6d075cea669d | |
| parent | 5593795fc3f3f908c1aacc4fc4572059de1aff1e (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-c020b5a217b2941ce5d6d179f28e782c99aa9ad2.tar.gz | |
msgctl.2, semctl.2, shmctl.2: Some small wording improvements for Davidlohr Bueso's patch
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/msgctl.2 | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/semctl.2 | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/shmctl.2 | 7 |
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/man2/msgctl.2 b/man2/msgctl.2 index 2175e73ff7..2c29ea5084 100644 --- a/man2/msgctl.2 +++ b/man2/msgctl.2 @@ -233,12 +233,13 @@ Return a .I msqid_ds structure as for .BR MSG_STAT . -However, the +However, .I msg_perm.mode is not checked for read access for -.IR msqid , -resembing the behaviour of -.IR /proc/sysvipc/msg . +.IR msqid +meaning that any user can employ this operation (just as any user may read +.IR /proc/sysvipc/msg +to obtain the same information). .SH RETURN VALUE On success, .BR IPC_STAT , diff --git a/man2/semctl.2 b/man2/semctl.2 index afc9874f01..76c6bf0c27 100644 --- a/man2/semctl.2 +++ b/man2/semctl.2 @@ -246,12 +246,13 @@ Return a .I seminfo structure containing the same information as for .BR SEM_STAT . -However, the +However, .I sem_perm.mode is not checked for read access for -.IR semid , -resembing the behaviour of -.IR /proc/sysvipc/sem . +.IR semid +meaning that any user can employ this operation (just as any user may read +.IR /proc/sysvipc/sem +to obtain the same information). .TP .B GETALL Return diff --git a/man2/shmctl.2 b/man2/shmctl.2 index 57f1855c49..010c3be6b6 100644 --- a/man2/shmctl.2 +++ b/man2/shmctl.2 @@ -249,12 +249,13 @@ Return a .I shmid_ds structure as for .BR SHM_STAT . -However, the +However, .I shm_perm.mode is not checked for read access for .IR shmid , -resembing the behaviour of -.IR /proc/sysvipc/shm . +meaning that any user can employ this operation (just as any user may read +.IR /proc/sysvipc/shm +to obtain the same information). .PP The caller can prevent or allow swapping of a shared memory segment with the following \fIcmd\fP values: |