Re: [PATCH 2/2] man/man2/ioperm.2: wfix

On 17 Sep 2026 13:59 +0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
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diff --git a/man/man2/ioperm.2 b/man/man2/ioperm.2
index e4a058164f6f..9b9aaf3840e2 100644
--- a/man/man2/ioperm.2
+++ b/man/man2/ioperm.2

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 .\"
 .TH ioperm 2 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
 .SH NAME
-ioperm \- set port input/output permissions
+ioperm \- set input/output port permissions

If I'm understanding this proposal correctly, the fix is because I/O
is an adjective of port, not of permissions.  And then 'I/O port' would
be modifying permissions.

If my interpretation is correct, then I believe I/O would be separated
from 'port' by a hyphen, not a space.

Is this the correct interpretation of the proposed fix?

BTW, should we contract to I/O?

	ioperm \- set I/O-port permissions

Yes, grepping around I see all other pages use "I/O port", except for
proc_ioports(5) which contains "Input-Output port" in the body (and "I/O
port" in the title).

Leaving the hyphen out, per Robinson's explanation.