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-rw-r--r--man2/capget.22
-rw-r--r--man2/mbind.22
-rw-r--r--man2/perf_event_open.22
-rw-r--r--man5/elf.52
-rw-r--r--man5/proc.52
-rw-r--r--man7/cpuset.76
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