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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man2/open.2 b/man2/open.2 index ad318b1954..f9a63e9865 100644 --- a/man2/open.2 +++ b/man2/open.2 @@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ to the same numerical value as Most Linux file systems don't actually implement the POSIX .B O_SYNC semantics, which require all metadata updates of a write -to be on disk on returning to userspace, but only the +to be on disk on returning to user space, but only the .B O_DSYNC semantics, which require only actual file data and metadata necessary to retrieve it to be on disk by the time the system call returns. @@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ flag, its st_ctime and st_mtime fields are set to the current time. The .B O_DIRECT flag may impose alignment restrictions on the length and address -of userspace buffers and the file offset of I/Os. +of user-space buffers and the file offset of I/Os. In Linux alignment restrictions vary by file system and kernel version and might be absent entirely. |