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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2017-08-18 12:28:20 +0200
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2017-08-19 13:47:10 +0200
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add_key.2, alloc_hugepages.2, execve.2, fanotify_init.2, getrlimit.2, listxattr.2, mmap.2, shmget.2, malloc.3, random.4, st.4, bootparam.7, epoll.7, keyrings.7, pipe.7, xattr.7: Use non-breaking space for measurement units
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'man7')
-rw-r--r--man7/bootparam.72
-rw-r--r--man7/epoll.74
-rw-r--r--man7/keyrings.72
-rw-r--r--man7/pipe.72
-rw-r--r--man7/xattr.76
5 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/man7/bootparam.7 b/man7/bootparam.7
index d40bda8cab..92c944116e 100644
--- a/man7/bootparam.7
+++ b/man7/bootparam.7
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ If N=0, do not prompt.
.TP
.BR 'ramdisk_size=N' " or (obsolete) " 'ramdisk=N'
Set the maximal size of the ramdisk(s) to N kB.
-The default is 4096 (4 MB).
+The default is 4096 (4\ MB).
.TP
.B "'ramdisk_start=N'"
Sets the starting block number (the offset on the floppy where
diff --git a/man7/epoll.7 b/man7/epoll.7
index 0c5723c772..db0c34e61d 100644
--- a/man7/epoll.7
+++ b/man7/epoll.7
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ is registered on the
.B epoll
instance.
.IP 2.
-A pipe writer writes 2 kB of data on the write side of the pipe.
+A pipe writer writes 2\ kB of data on the write side of the pipe.
.IP 3.
A call to
.BR epoll_wait (2)
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ is done that will return
.I rfd
as a ready file descriptor.
.IP 4.
-The pipe reader reads 1 kB of data from
+The pipe reader reads 1\ kB of data from
.IR rfd .
.IP 5.
A call to
diff --git a/man7/keyrings.7 b/man7/keyrings.7
index 6c630b3eb3..e29ba2a864 100644
--- a/man7/keyrings.7
+++ b/man7/keyrings.7
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ that should not be readable from user space.
.\" commit ab3c3587f8cda9083209a61dbe3a4407d3cada10
This key type is similar to the
.I """user"""
-key type, but it may hold a payload of up to 1 MiB in size.
+key type, but it may hold a payload of up to 1\ MiB in size.
This key type is useful for purposes such as holding Kerberos ticket caches.
.IP
The payload data may be stored in a tmpfs filesystem,
diff --git a/man7/pipe.7 b/man7/pipe.7
index 94f91e8a16..9276d5a2ab 100644
--- a/man7/pipe.7
+++ b/man7/pipe.7
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ to reflect the value actually employed for a convenient implementation.
To determine the rounded-up value,
display the contents of this file after assigning a value to it.
.IP
-The default value for this file is 1048576 (1 MiB).
+The default value for this file is 1048576 (1\ MiB).
The minimum value that can be assigned to this file is the system page size.
Attempts to set a limit less than the page size cause
.BR write (2)
diff --git a/man7/xattr.7 b/man7/xattr.7
index 512dc6dfb4..715fa381bb 100644
--- a/man7/xattr.7
+++ b/man7/xattr.7
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ manual page for an explanation of the sticky bit).
The kernel and the filesystem may place limits on the maximum number
and size of extended attributes that can be associated with a file.
The VFS imposes limitations that an attribute names is limited to 255 bytes
-and an attribute value is limited to 64 kB.
+and an attribute value is limited to 64\ kB.
The list of attribute names that
-can be returned is also limited to 64 kB
+can be returned is also limited to 64\ kB
(see BUGS in
.BR listxattr (2)).
.PP
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ In the Btrfs filesystem implementation,
the total bytes used for the name, value, and implementation overhead bytes
is limited to the filesystem
.I nodesize
-value (16 kB by default).
+value (16\ kB by default).
.SH CONFORMING TO
Extended attributes are not specified in POSIX.1, but some other systems
(e.g., the BSDs and Solaris) provide a similar feature.