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         Describe format of tcp_*_congestion_control /proc files
             Describe format of tcp_allowed_congestion_control and
             tcp_available_congestion_control.
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+
+==================== Changes in man-pages-3.58 ====================
+
+Released: 2014-02-11, Munich
+
+
+Contributors
+------------
+
+The following people contributed patches/fixes or (noted in brackets
+in the changelog below) reports, notes, and ideas that have been
+incorporated in changes in this release:
+
+Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz>
+Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com>
+David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
+Fabrice Bauzac <libnoon@gmail.com>
+Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
+Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
+Network Nut <sillystack@gmail.com>
+Ola Olsson <ola1olsson@gmail.com>
+Peng Haitao <penght@cn.fujitsu.com>
+Peter Schiffer <pschiffe@redhat.com>
+Simone Piccardi <piccardi@truelite.it>
+Simon Paillard <spaillard@debian.org>
+Yuri Kozlov <yuray@komyakino.ru>
+Марк Коренберг <socketpair@gmail.com>
+未卷起的浪 <ayjj_8109@qq.com>
+
+Apologies if I missed anyone!
+
+
+Newly documented interfaces in existing pages
+---------------------------------------------
+
+pipe.2
+    Michael Kerrisk
+        Document the pipe2() O_DIRECT flag added in Linux 3.4
+
+packet.7
+    Daniel Borkmann
+        Document PACKET_QDISC_BYPASS
+            New in Linux 3.14.
+
+
+Global changes
+--------------
+
+Various pages
+    Simon Paillard
+        Formatting fix: add space between function and () if BR or IR
+            Detected through the regex:
+                git grep -P '^\.(BR|IR) [\w]*\([\d]*\)$'
+
+Various pages
+    Simon Paillard
+        Formatting fix: add space between word and punctuation if BR or IR
+            Detected through the regex:
+                git grep -P '^\.(BR|IR) [^ ]*[,\.]$'
+
+            Could probably be extended to match more cases and fix in perl.
+
+Various pages
+    Michael Kerrisk
+        Use Oxford comma
+
+gettid.2
+restart_syscall.2
+passwd.5
+socket.7
+    Michael Kerrisk
+        Fix order of SEE ALSO entries
+
+
+Changes to individual pages
+---------------------------
+
+epoll_wait.2
+    Michael Kerrisk  [Network Nut]
+        Remove word "minimum" from the description of 'timeout'
+
+epoll_wait.2
+poll.2
+select.2
+    Michael Kerrisk
+        Go into more detail on timeout and when call will cease blocking
+
+getxattr.2
+listxattr.2
+removexattr.2
+setxattr.2
+    Michael Kerrisk  [Fabrice Bauzac]
+        Correct header file is <sys/xattr.h> (not <xattr/xattr.h>)
+            See https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70141
+
+msgctl.2
+    Cyril Hrubis
+        Add note about ignored arg to IPC_RMID
+
+prctl.2
+    Michael Kerrisk  [Марк Коренберг]
+        PR_SET_PDEATHSIG value is preserved across execve(2)
+
+recv.2
+    Michael Kerrisk
+        Rework and reorganize the text in various parts of the page.
+        Isolate details specific to recv() vs recvfrom() vs recvmsg()
+            Place details specific to each system call under a
+            a separate subheading.
+        Rework discussion of 'src_addr' and 'addrlen' for recvfrom()
+        Add description of 'buf' and 'len' in recvfrom() section
+        'addrlen' should be 0 (*not* NULL) when 'src_addr' is NULL
+        Improve text describing recvfrom() call that is equivalent to recv()
+    Michael Kerrisk  [未卷起的浪]
+        Describe the various cases where the return value can be 0
+
+shmctl.2
+    Michael Kerrisk
+        Note that 'buf' is ignored for IPC_RMID
+
+symlinkat.2
+    Michael Kerrisk
+        Make argument names consistent with symlink(2) page
+
+isalpha.3
+    Peng Haitao
+        ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread-safe
+            The functions isalnum(), isalpha(), isascii(), isblank(),
+            iscntrl(), isdigit(), isgraph(), islower(), isprint(),
+            ispunct(), isspace(), isupper() and isxdigit() are thread safe.
+
+isatty.3
+    Peng Haitao
+        ATTRIBUTES: Note function that is thread-safe
+            The function isatty() is thread safe.
+
+isgreater.3
+    Peng Haitao
+        ATTRIBUTES: Note macros that are thread-safe
+            The macros isgreater(), isgreaterequal(), isless(),
+            islessequal(), islessgreater() and isunordered() are thread safe.
+
+iswalnum.3
+    Peng Haitao
+        ATTRIBUTES: Note function that is thread safe with exceptions
+            The function iswalnum() is thread safe with exceptions.
+
+iswalpha.3
+    Peng Haitao
+        ATTRIBUTES: Note function that is thread safe with exceptions
+            The function iswalpha() is thread safe with exceptions.
+
+iswblank.3
+    Peng Haitao
+        ATTRIBUTES: Note function that is thread safe with exceptions
+            The function iswblank() is thread safe with exceptions.
+
+iswcntrl.3
+    Peng Haitao
+        ATTRIBUTES: Note function that is thread safe with exceptions
+            The function iswcntrl() is thread safe with exceptions.
+
+lockf.3
+    Michael Kerrisk  [Simone Piccardi]
+        Fix incorrect argument mentioned under EINVAL error
+
+pthread_kill.3
+    Michael Kerrisk
+        Add feature test macro requirements
+
+pthread_sigmask.3
+    Michael Kerrisk
+        Add feature test macro requirements
+
+strtoul.3
+    Peng Haitao
+        ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread safe with exceptions
+            The functions strtoul(), strtoull() and strtouq() are thread safe
+            with exceptions.
+
+nscd.conf.5
+    Peter Schiffer
+        Add note about default values
+
+proc.5
+    Michael Kerrisk
+        SEE ALSO: Add some further kernel Documentation/sysctl files
+
+man-pages.7
+    Michael Kerrisk
+        ATTRIBUTES sections come after VERSIONS
+            Peng Haitao has consistently ordered the ATTRIBUTES after
+            VERSIONS, so adjust the text in man-pages.7
+
+vdso.7
+    Michael Kerrisk
+        Add words "virtual dynamic shared object" in DESCRIPTION