Bug 70916
| Summary: | msync.2 manpage update | ||
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| Product: | Documentation | Reporter: | Radim Kolar <hsn> |
| Component: | Books & Articles | Assignee: | Peter Pentchev <roam> |
| Status: | Closed FIXED | ||
| Severity: | Affects Only Me | ||
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Version: | Latest | ||
| Hardware: | Any | ||
| OS: | Any | ||
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Description
Radim Kolar
2004-08-24 21:40:22 UTC
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 09:39:30PM +0200, Radim Kolar wrote: > > >Number: 70916 > >Category: docs > >Synopsis: msync.2 manpage update > >Description: > Msync function is obsolete as noted in mmap manpage, but this information > is missing from msync manpage itself. What do people think about the following patch? G'luck, Peter Index: src/lib/libc/sys/msync.2 =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/lib/libc/sys/msync.2,v retrieving revision 1.27 diff -u -r1.27 msync.2 --- src/lib/libc/sys/msync.2 30 Jun 2004 20:09:10 -0000 1.27 +++ src/lib/libc/sys/msync.2 25 Aug 2004 08:43:05 -0000 @@ -114,3 +114,12 @@ .Fn msync system call first appeared in .Bx 4.4 . +.Sh BUGS +The +.Fn msync +system call is obsolete since +.Bx +implements a coherent file system buffer cache. +However, it may be +used to associate dirty VM pages with file system buffers and thus cause +them to be flushed to physical media sooner rather than later. -- Peter Pentchev roam@ringlet.net roam@cnsys.bg roam@FreeBSD.org PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E DF9E ED18 B68D 1619 4553 If this sentence didn't exist, somebody would have invented it. On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 08:50:26AM +0000, Peter Pentchev wrote: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 09:39:30PM +0200, Radim Kolar wrote: > > > > >Number: 70916 > > >Category: docs > > >Synopsis: msync.2 manpage update > > >Description: > > Msync function is obsolete as noted in mmap manpage, but this information > > is missing from msync manpage itself. > > What do people think about the following patch? [snip] > +However, it may be > +used to associate dirty VM pages with file system buffers and thus cause Or rather, how about this one, which re-wraps the text... G'luck, Peter Index: src/lib/libc/sys/msync.2 =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/lib/libc/sys/msync.2,v retrieving revision 1.27 diff -u -r1.27 msync.2 --- src/lib/libc/sys/msync.2 30 Jun 2004 20:09:10 -0000 1.27 +++ src/lib/libc/sys/msync.2 25 Aug 2004 08:54:23 -0000 @@ -114,3 +114,12 @@ .Fn msync system call first appeared in .Bx 4.4 . +.Sh BUGS +The +.Fn msync +system call is obsolete since +.Bx +implements a coherent file system buffer cache. +However, it may be used to associate dirty VM pages with file system +buffers and thus cause them to be flushed to physical media sooner +rather than later. -- Peter Pentchev roam@ringlet.net roam@cnsys.bg roam@FreeBSD.org PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E DF9E ED18 B68D 1619 4553 What would this sentence be like if pi were 3? Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-doc->roam roam@ seems have a good patch for this but never committed it... State Changed From-To: open->closed Patch has been applied. |
