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authorRichard Lowe <richlowe@richlowe.net>2011-10-11 16:00:17 +0100
committerRichard Lowe <richlowe@richlowe.net>2011-10-11 16:00:17 +0100
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downloadillumos-joyent-c00ed4fa5a593e8e48ded4fb5ad22ecf0348f01d.tar.gz
Merge branch 'master' of http://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate into gcc/upgrade
Conflicts: usr/src/cmd/avs/dsw/iiadm.c
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diff --git a/usr/src/man/man2/vfork.2 b/usr/src/man/man2/vfork.2
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--- a/usr/src/man/man2/vfork.2
+++ b/usr/src/man/man2/vfork.2
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
.\" Copyright (c) 2004, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
.\" Copyright 1989 AT&T.
.\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
-.TH vfork 2 "13 Dec 2006" "SunOS 5.11" "System Calls"
+.TH VFORK 2 "Dec 13, 2006"
.SH NAME
vfork, vforkx \- spawn new process in a virtual memory efficient way
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -99,12 +99,10 @@ process is created, and \fBerrno\fR is set to indicate the error.
The \fBvfork()\fR and \fBvforkx()\fR functions will fail if:
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBEAGAIN\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 10n
-.rt
The system-imposed limit on the total number of processes under execution
(either system-quality or by a single user) would be exceeded. This limit is
determined when the system is generated.
@@ -112,12 +110,10 @@ determined when the system is generated.
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBENOMEM\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 10n
-.rt
There is insufficient swap space for the new process.
.RE
@@ -126,12 +122,10 @@ There is insufficient swap space for the new process.
The \fBvforkx()\fR function will fail if:
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBEINVAL\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 10n
-.rt
The \fIflags\fR argument is invalid.
.RE
@@ -143,15 +137,14 @@ See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp
.TS
-tab() box;
-cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i)
-lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i)
-.
-ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
+box;
+c | c
+l | l .
+ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
-Interface StabilityObsolete
+Interface Stability Obsolete
_
-MT-LevelUnsafe
+MT-Level Unsafe
.TE
.SH SEE ALSO