tags 378668 fixed-upstream thanks Samuel Thibault wrote: > Michael Kerrisk, le Mon 28 May 2007 00:34:38 +0200, a écrit : >> Samuel Thibault wrote: >>> modify_ldt(2) says that it uses modify_ldt_ldt_s structures, but this is >>> wrong: struct user_desc are used (defined in <asm/ldt.h>). >> It appears to me that things are not simple here: user_desc nowadays is the >> same structure as modify_ldt_ldt_s used to be in earlier kernel versions. > > Ah, the name changed between 2.4 and 2.6 indeed. The documentation > should probably now say "user_desc" and remind that it was called > "modify_ldt_ldt_s" in 2.4 and earlier.
Hi Samuel, Okay -- I will add some words for upstream man-pages-2.57. Thanks, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk maintainer of Linux man pages Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 Want to help with man page maintenance? Grab the latest tarball at http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/manpages/ read the HOWTOHELP file and grep the source files for 'FIXME'. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
