Re: [PATCH manpages 0/2] Improve modify_ldt, [gs]et_thread_area docs

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

On 01/29/2015 10:47 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> The docs for set_thread_area, get_thread_area, and modify_ldt are pretty
> bad, and there have been a number of kernel changes lately.  Improve
> and update the docs.

Thanks very much for this, Andy! Those pages were indeed in a sorry 
state.

Cheers,

Michael

> Andy Lutomirski (2):
>   modify_ldt.2: Overhaul the documentation
>   arch_prctl.2, set_thread_area.2, get_thread_area.2: Improve TLS
>     documentation
> 
>  man2/arch_prctl.2      |  22 +++++++----
>  man2/get_thread_area.2 |  58 +---------------------------
>  man2/modify_ldt.2      | 101 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>  man2/set_thread_area.2 |  93 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  4 files changed, 180 insertions(+), 94 deletions(-)
> 


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