LDP: Update original to LDP v3.79

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-.TH SHM_OVERVIEW 7 2008-06-25 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH SHM_OVERVIEW 7 2010-09-10 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
-shm_overview \- Overview of POSIX shared memory
+shm_overview \- overview of POSIX shared memory
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The POSIX shared memory API allows processes to communicate information
 by sharing a region of memory.
@@ -91,14 +91,14 @@ Programs using the POSIX shared memory API must be compiled with
 .I cc \-lrt
 to link against the real-time library,
 .IR librt .
-.SS Accessing shared memory objects via the file system
+.SS Accessing shared memory objects via the filesystem
 On Linux, shared memory objects are created in a
 .RI ( tmpfs )
-virtual file system, normally mounted under
+virtual filesystem, normally mounted under
 .IR /dev/shm .
 Since kernel 2.6.19, Linux supports the use of access control lists (ACLs)
-to control the permissions of objects in the virtual file system.
-.SH "CONFORMING TO"
+to control the permissions of objects in the virtual filesystem.
+.SH CONFORMING TO
 POSIX.1-2001.
 .SH NOTES
 Typically, processes must synchronize their access to a shared
@@ -107,11 +107,11 @@ memory object, using, for example, POSIX semaphores.
 System V shared memory
 .RB ( shmget (2),
 .BR shmop (2),
-etc.) is an older semaphore API.
+etc.) is an older shared memory API.
 POSIX shared memory provides a simpler, and better designed interface;
 on the other hand POSIX shared memory is somewhat less widely available
 (especially on older systems) than System V shared memory.
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.SH SEE ALSO
 .BR fchmod (2),
 .BR fchown (2),
 .BR fstat (2),
@@ -124,3 +124,12 @@ on the other hand POSIX shared memory is somewhat less widely available
 .BR shm_open (3),
 .BR shm_unlink (3),
 .BR sem_overview (7)
+.SH COLOPHON
+This page is part of release 3.79 of the Linux
+.I man-pages
+project.
+A description of the project,
+information about reporting bugs,
+and the latest version of this page,
+can be found at
+\%http://www.kernel.org/doc/man\-pages/.