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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2013-03-18 11:55:43 +0100
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2013-03-25 12:12:27 +0100
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shmctl.2: Refer to proc(5) for description of /proc/sys/kernel/shm_rmid_forced
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/man2/shmctl.2 b/man2/shmctl.2
index 95f1e1e0d8..f56f001636 100644
--- a/man2/shmctl.2
+++ b/man2/shmctl.2
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
.\" attaches to a segment that has already been marked for deletion.
.\" 2005-08-02, mtk: Added IPC_INFO, SHM_INFO, SHM_STAT descriptions.
.\"
-.TH SHMCTL 2 2012-05-31 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH SHMCTL 2 2013-03-18 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
shmctl \- shared memory control
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -153,6 +153,11 @@ will be set.
.IP
The caller \fImust\fP ensure that a segment is eventually destroyed;
otherwise its pages that were faulted in will remain in memory or swap.
+.IP
+See also the description of
+.I /proc/sys/kernel/shm_rmid_forced
+in
+.BR proc (5).
.TP 10
.BR IPC_INFO " (Linux-specific)"
Returns information about system-wide shared memory limits and