capget.2, mbind.2, perf_event_open.2, elf.5, proc.5, cpuset.7: Global fix: s/bitmask/bit mask/

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>

6 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/man2/capget.2 b/man2/capget.2
index 87092482..a29aab87 100644
--- a/man2/capget.2
+++ b/man2/capget.2
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ The
 .IR permitted ,
 and
 .I inheritable
-fields are bitmasks of the capabilities defined in
+fields are bit masks of the capabilities defined in
 .I capability(7).
 Note the
 .B CAP_*
diff --git a/man2/mbind.2 b/man2/mbind.2
index 148e44be..a4d3aa51 100644
--- a/man2/mbind.2
+++ b/man2/mbind.2
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ specifies node ids that are relative to the set of
 node ids allowed by the process's current cpuset.
 .PP
 .I nodemask
-points to a bitmask of nodes containing up to
+points to a bit mask of nodes containing up to
 .I maxnode
 bits.
 The bit mask size is rounded to the next multiple of
diff --git a/man2/perf_event_open.2 b/man2/perf_event_open.2
index b159a40f..358b75ec 100644
--- a/man2/perf_event_open.2
+++ b/man2/perf_event_open.2
@@ -1554,7 +1554,7 @@ field contains additional information about the sample.
 The CPU mode can be determined from this value by masking with
 .B PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK
 and looking for one of the following (note these are not
-bitmasks, only one can be set at a time):
+bit masks, only one can be set at a time):
 .RS
 .TP
 .B PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_UNKNOWN
diff --git a/man5/elf.5 b/man5/elf.5
index 5404978c..aade93cb 100644
--- a/man5/elf.5
+++ b/man5/elf.5
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ This member holds the number of bytes in the memory image of the segment.
 It may be zero.
 .TP
 .IR p_flags
-This member holds a bitmask of flags relevant to the segment:
+This member holds a bit mask of flags relevant to the segment:
 .\" .Bl -tag -width "PF_X" -compact
 .RS 12
 .TP
diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index ba42ec68..cd41e064 100644
--- a/man5/proc.5
+++ b/man5/proc.5
@@ -2918,7 +2918,7 @@ Possible values in this file are:
 
    0 - disable sysrq completely
    1 - enable all functions of sysrq
-  >1 - bitmask of allowed sysrq functions, as follows:
+  >1 - bit mask of allowed sysrq functions, as follows:
           2 - enable control of console logging level
           4 - enable control of keyboard (SAK, unraw)
           8 - enable debugging dumps of processes etc.
diff --git a/man7/cpuset.7 b/man7/cpuset.7
index 0af6e3b4..4a066cc2 100644
--- a/man7/cpuset.7
+++ b/man7/cpuset.7
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ The following formats are used to represent sets of
 CPUs and memory nodes.
 .\" ================== Mask Format ==================
 .SS Mask format
-The \fBMask Format\fR is used to represent CPU and memory-node bitmasks
+The \fBMask Format\fR is used to represent CPU and memory-node bit masks
 in the
 .I /proc/<pid>/status
 file.
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ order, which has the most significant bit first.
 The hex digits within a word are also in big-endian order.
 .PP
 The number of 32-bit words displayed is the minimum number needed to
-display all bits of the bitmask, based on the size of the bitmask.
+display all bits of the bit mask, based on the size of the bit mask.
 .PP
 Examples of the \fBMask Format\fR:
 .PP
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ Specified a
 or
 .I cpuset.mems
 list to the kernel which included a number too large for the kernel
-to set in its bitmasks.
+to set in its bit masks.
 .TP
 .B ESRCH
 Attempted to