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diff --git a/manual/llio.texi b/manual/llio.texi index df3838c5c1..2f674f041b 100644 --- a/manual/llio.texi +++ b/manual/llio.texi @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ directly.) or vice-versa. * Stream/Descriptor Precautions:: Precautions needed if you use both descriptors and streams. -* Scatter-Gather:: Fast I/O to discontinous buffers. +* Scatter-Gather:: Fast I/O to discontinuous buffers. * Memory-mapped I/O:: Using files like memory. * Waiting for I/O:: How to check for input or output on multiple file descriptors. @@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@ Error Signals}). Note that most hardware designs cannot support write permission without read permission, and many do not distinguish read and execute permission. -Thus, you may recieve wider permissions than you ask for, and mappings of +Thus, you may receive wider permissions than you ask for, and mappings of write-only files may be denied even if you do not use @code{PROT_READ}. @var{flags} contains flags that control the nature of the map. @@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ Anonymous maps are used as the basic primitive to extend the heap on some systems. They are also useful to share data between multiple tasks without creating a file. -On some systems using private anonymous mmaps is more efficent than using +On some systems using private anonymous mmaps is more efficient than using @code{malloc} for large blocks. This is not an issue with the GNU C library, as the included @code{malloc} automatically uses @code{mmap} where appropriate. @@ -1270,8 +1270,8 @@ aligned. When using shared mappings, the kernel can write the file at any time before the mapping is removed. To be certain data has actually been -written to the file and will be accessable to non-memory-mapped I/O, it -is neccessary to use this function. +written to the file and will be accessible to non-memory-mapped I/O, it +is necessary to use this function. It operates on the region @var{address} to (@var{address} + @var{length}). It may be used on part of a mapping or multiple mappings, however the @@ -1579,7 +1579,7 @@ until the program ends. To avoid this, calls to @code{fsync} should be protected using cancellation handlers. @c ref pthread_cleanup_push / pthread_cleanup_pop -The return value of the function is zero if no error occured. Otherwise +The return value of the function is zero if no error occurred. Otherwise it is @math{-1} and the global variable @var{errno} is set to the following values: @table @code @@ -1612,7 +1612,7 @@ required by @code{fdatasyn}. The prototype for @code{fdatasync} is in @file{unistd.h}. -The return value of the function is zero if no error occured. Otherwise +The return value of the function is zero if no error occurred. Otherwise it is @math{-1} and the global variable @var{errno} is set to the following values: @table @code @@ -1836,7 +1836,7 @@ might also be signaled asynchronously. @item EINVAL The @code{aiocbp->aio_offset} or @code{aiocbp->aio_reqpiro} value is invalid. This condition need not be recognized before enqueueing the -request and so this error might also be signaled asynchrously. +request and so this error might also be signaled asynchronously. @end table If @code{aio_read} returns zero, the current status of the request |