Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] man/man3/mem*.3: NAME: Explain the names

On Wed, Jul 08, 2026 at 05:09:17PM +0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Reported-by: "Serge E. Hallyn" <[email protected]>
> Cc: Mark Harris <[email protected]>
> Cc: "G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]>
> Cc: Douglas McIlroy <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]>

Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <[email protected]>

> ---
>  man/man3/memalign.3 | 4 +---
>  man/man3/memccpy.3  | 2 +-
>  man/man3/memchr.3   | 2 +-
>  man/man3/memcmp.3   | 2 +-
>  man/man3/memcpy.3   | 2 +-
>  man/man3/memfrob.3  | 2 +-
>  man/man3/memmem.3   | 2 +-
>  man/man3/memmove.3  | 2 +-
>  man/man3/mempcpy.3  | 2 +-
>  man/man3/memset.3   | 2 +-
>  10 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man/man3/memalign.3 b/man/man3/memalign.3
> index 12e8a5bb0c33..5954693e3d30 100644
> --- a/man/man3/memalign.3
> +++ b/man/man3/memalign.3
> @@ -5,9 +5,7 @@
>  .\"
>  .TH memalign 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
>  .SH NAME
> -memalign
> -\-
> -allocate aligned memory
> +memalign \- memory aligned allocate
>  .SH LIBRARY
>  Standard C library
>  .RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc )
> diff --git a/man/man3/memccpy.3 b/man/man3/memccpy.3
> index d21e7d014af6..706f8152f58c 100644
> --- a/man/man3/memccpy.3
> +++ b/man/man3/memccpy.3
> @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
>  .\"
>  .TH memccpy 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
>  .SH NAME
> -memccpy \- copy memory area
> +memccpy \- memory until-and-including-character copy
>  .SH LIBRARY
>  Standard C library
>  .RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc )
> diff --git a/man/man3/memchr.3 b/man/man3/memchr.3
> index 40ea45fdfb83..0a493ff4029d 100644
> --- a/man/man3/memchr.3
> +++ b/man/man3/memchr.3
> @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
>  .\"
>  .TH memchr 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
>  .SH NAME
> -memchr \- scan memory for a character
> +memchr \- memory search character
>  .SH LIBRARY
>  Standard C library
>  .RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc )
> diff --git a/man/man3/memcmp.3 b/man/man3/memcmp.3
> index 815bd10252fe..9cecb282ba4f 100644
> --- a/man/man3/memcmp.3
> +++ b/man/man3/memcmp.3
> @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
>  .\"
>  .TH memcmp 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
>  .SH NAME
> -memcmp \- compare memory areas
> +memcmp \- memory compare
>  .SH LIBRARY
>  Standard C library
>  .RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc )
> diff --git a/man/man3/memcpy.3 b/man/man3/memcpy.3
> index c94c501b0374..f8f049bf5c4c 100644
> --- a/man/man3/memcpy.3
> +++ b/man/man3/memcpy.3
> @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
>  .\"
>  .TH memcpy 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
>  .SH NAME
> -memcpy \- copy memory area
> +memcpy \- memory copy
>  .SH LIBRARY
>  Standard C library
>  .RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc )
> diff --git a/man/man3/memfrob.3 b/man/man3/memfrob.3
> index 90534b749c4c..ee41da0ced7b 100644
> --- a/man/man3/memfrob.3
> +++ b/man/man3/memfrob.3
> @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
>  .\"
>  .TH memfrob 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
>  .SH NAME
> -memfrob \- frobnicate (obfuscate) a memory area
> +memfrob \- memory frobnicate (obfuscate)
>  .SH LIBRARY
>  Standard C library
>  .RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc )
> diff --git a/man/man3/memmem.3 b/man/man3/memmem.3
> index 0224a130537e..13fd8b7cea7b 100644
> --- a/man/man3/memmem.3
> +++ b/man/man3/memmem.3
> @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
>  .\"
>  .TH memmem 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
>  .SH NAME
> -memmem \- locate a substring
> +memmem \- memory search submemory
>  .SH LIBRARY
>  Standard C library
>  .RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc )
> diff --git a/man/man3/memmove.3 b/man/man3/memmove.3
> index c549c6145176..99f152412142 100644
> --- a/man/man3/memmove.3
> +++ b/man/man3/memmove.3
> @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
>  .\"
>  .TH memmove 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
>  .SH NAME
> -memmove \- copy memory area
> +memmove \- memory move
>  .SH LIBRARY
>  Standard C library
>  .RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc )
> diff --git a/man/man3/mempcpy.3 b/man/man3/mempcpy.3
> index d5ae5812758e..012e6326dd00 100644
> --- a/man/man3/mempcpy.3
> +++ b/man/man3/mempcpy.3
> @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
>  .\"
>  .TH mempcpy 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
>  .SH NAME
> -mempcpy, wmempcpy  \- copy memory area
> +mempcpy, wmempcpy  \- memory return-offset-pointer copy
>  .SH LIBRARY
>  Standard C library
>  .RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc )
> diff --git a/man/man3/memset.3 b/man/man3/memset.3
> index 370ac64fdf25..91b3b476abf9 100644
> --- a/man/man3/memset.3
> +++ b/man/man3/memset.3
> @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
>  .\"
>  .TH memset 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
>  .SH NAME
> -memset \- fill memory with a constant byte
> +memset \- memory set
>  .SH LIBRARY
>  Standard C library
>  .RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc )
> -- 
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