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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@googlemail.com> | 2008-05-12 21:58:08 -0700 |
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| committer | Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org> | 2008-05-12 21:58:08 -0700 |
| commit | c09b825f5b39c4370b5c5cc7feb4c5f6373bf395 (patch) | |
| tree | 5f13fef6460e0d3778a02389b2be177601eb77e0 | |
| parent | 404b5b706ae180c3033e47c670252254ea1d5329 (diff) | |
| download | libcap-c09b825f5b39c4370b5c5cc7feb4c5f6373bf395.tar.gz | |
Fixes for cap_init.3.
Signed-off-by: Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/cap_init.3 | 13 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/cap_init.3 b/doc/cap_init.3 index 4c7b493..212c2e9 100644 --- a/doc/cap_init.3 +++ b/doc/cap_init.3 @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ .\" -.\" $Id: cap_init.3,v 1.1.1.1 1999/04/17 22:16:31 morgan Exp $ .\" written by Andrew Main <zefram@dcs.warwick.ac.uk> .\" -.TH CAP_INIT 3 "26th May 1997" "" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH CAP_INIT 3 "2008-05-11" "" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME cap_init, cap_free, cap_dup \- capability data object storage management .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ the capability state is complete, the updated capability state is used to replace the capability state associated with the file or process. .PP .BR cap_init () -creates a capability state in working storage and return a pointer to +creates a capability state in working storage and returns a pointer to the capability state. The initial value of all flags are cleared. The caller should free any releasable memory, when the capability state in working storage is no longer required, by calling @@ -54,6 +53,12 @@ source object allocating any memory necessary, and returning a pointer to the newly created capability state. Once duplicated, no operation on either capability state affects the other in any way. +When the duplicated capability state in working storage is no longer required, +the caller should free any releasable memory by calling +.BR cap_free () +with the +.I cap_t +as an argument. .SH "RETURN VALUE" .BR cap_init () and @@ -66,7 +71,7 @@ returns zero on success, and \-1 on failure. On failure, .I errno is set to -.BR EINVAL , +.BR EINVAL or .BR ENOMEM . .SH "CONFORMING TO" |