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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2016-03-26 07:18:07 +1300
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2016-03-26 07:18:07 +1300
commitefcc21c9fab44d73457014836d16e32c79b7cb9a (patch)
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parenta90f441afbadf807908be5d4e67e0060a927bd98 (diff)
downloadman-pages-efcc21c9fab44d73457014836d16e32c79b7cb9a.tar.gz
semctl.2: From kernel 4.6, Linux now updates 'sempid' on SETALL operations
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
-rw-r--r--man2/semctl.210
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man2/semctl.2 b/man2/semctl.2
index 552f6c7371..6d348fec9e 100644
--- a/man2/semctl.2
+++ b/man2/semctl.2
@@ -566,15 +566,15 @@ Linux also updates
for
.BR SETVAL
operations and semaphore adjustments.
-However, somewhat inconsistently, it does not update
+However, somewhat inconsistently, up to and including 4.5,
+Linux did not update
.I sempid
for
.BR SETALL
operations.
-While the
-.B SETALL
-behavior might be viewed as a bug, the behavior is longstanding,
-and is probably unlikely to change.
+This was rectified
+.\" commit a5f4db877177d2a3d7ae62a7bac3a5a27e083d7f
+in Linux 4.6.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ipc (2),
.BR semget (2),