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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2012-10-27 05:45:35 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2012-10-28 07:18:11 +0100 |
| commit | f49202ae2bb3532e9029851778dbef7750da490d (patch) | |
| tree | bb60f05db99f44d0d695ebca54e98f4cc1a6b65c | |
| parent | 34709982a518679f5f5eecbe3687c55126bf852d (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-f49202ae2bb3532e9029851778dbef7750da490d.tar.gz | |
prctl.2: Reword PR_SET_NAME and PR_GET_NAME in terms of threads
Plus tfix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/prctl.2 | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man2/prctl.2 b/man2/prctl.2 index d21c70284e..3db048ea78 100644 --- a/man2/prctl.2 +++ b/man2/prctl.2 @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ Return (as the function result) the current state of the calling threads's "keep capabilities" flag. .TP .BR PR_SET_NAME " (since Linux 2.6.9)" -Set the process name for the calling process, +Set the process name for the calling thread, using the value in the location pointed to by .IR "(char\ *) arg2" . The name can be up to 16 bytes long, @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ The name can be up to 16 bytes long, and should be null-terminated if it contains fewer bytes. .TP .BR PR_GET_NAME " (since Linux 2.6.11)" -Return the process name for the calling process, +Return the name for the calling thread, in the buffer pointed to by .IR "(char\ *) arg2" . The buffer should allow space for up to 16 bytes; @@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ parent dies. This value is cleared for the child of a .BR fork (2) and (since Linux 2.5.36 / 2.6.23) -when executing a set-user_ID or set-group-ID binary. +when executing a set-user-ID or set-group-ID binary. .TP .BR PR_GET_PDEATHSIG " (since Linux 2.3.15)" Return the current value of the parent process death signal, |