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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2020-10-25 13:12:57 +0100 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2020-10-25 13:12:57 +0100 |
| commit | 11fd5e7c2adf91e562465bea8250e019aebaad2f (patch) | |
| tree | e82ad462e143b08f733380ac129fdce3c9bb2673 /man2 | |
| parent | ba273524e769c6b8604acef5fa06b5dffc794ecc (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-11fd5e7c2adf91e562465bea8250e019aebaad2f.tar.gz | |
membarrier.2, openat2.2, insque.3, proc.5, tzfile.5, hier.7: Minor grammar fix
Don't hyphenate after adjective ending in "ly". See, for example:
https://www.dragoman.ist/compound-modifiers-with-words-ending-in-ly/
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/6-common-hypercorrections-and-how-to-avoid-them/between-you-and-i
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'man2')
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/membarrier.2 | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/openat2.2 | 4 |
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man2/membarrier.2 b/man2/membarrier.2 index f65c6be5ca..24a24ba862 100644 --- a/man2/membarrier.2 +++ b/man2/membarrier.2 @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ is Linux-specific. .\" .BR rseq (2) .SH NOTES A memory barrier instruction is part of the instruction set of -architectures with weakly-ordered memory models. +architectures with weakly ordered memory models. It orders memory accesses prior to the barrier and after the barrier with respect to matching barriers on other cores. diff --git a/man2/openat2.2 b/man2/openat2.2 index ff5204040d..3ea50138b8 100644 --- a/man2/openat2.2 +++ b/man2/openat2.2 @@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ as symbolic links are very widely used by end-users. Setting this flag indiscriminately\(emi.e., for purposes not specifically related to security\(emfor all uses of .BR openat2 () -may result in spurious errors on previously-functional systems. +may result in spurious errors on previously functional systems. This may occur if, for example, a system pathname that is used by an application is modified (e.g., in a new distribution release) @@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ as bind mounts are widely used by end-users. Setting this flag indiscriminately\(emi.e., for purposes not specifically related to security\(emfor all uses of .BR openat2 () -may result in spurious errors on previously-functional systems. +may result in spurious errors on previously functional systems. This may occur if, for example, a system pathname that is used by an application is modified (e.g., in a new distribution release) |