From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-9.7 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00E97C2D0F7 for ; Tue, 12 May 2020 16:37:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB178206CC for ; Tue, 12 May 2020 16:37:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1725851AbgELQht (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 May 2020 12:37:49 -0400 Received: from foss.arm.com ([217.140.110.172]:58172 "EHLO foss.arm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726922AbgELQhs (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 May 2020 12:37:48 -0400 Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.121.207.14]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60BA511B3; Tue, 12 May 2020 09:37:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from e103592.cambridge.arm.com (usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com [10.121.207.14]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id B0B593F305; Tue, 12 May 2020 09:37:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Dave Martin To: mtk.manpages@gmail.com Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Subject: [PATCH 03/14] prctl.2: tfix mis-description of thread ID values in procfs Date: Tue, 12 May 2020 17:36:48 +0100 Message-Id: <1589301419-24459-4-git-send-email-Dave.Martin@arm.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.1.4 In-Reply-To: <1589301419-24459-1-git-send-email-Dave.Martin@arm.com> References: <1589301419-24459-1-git-send-email-Dave.Martin@arm.com> Sender: linux-man-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Under PR_SET_NAME, the [tid] value seen in procfs as /proc/self/task/[tid] is mistakenly described as the name of the thread, whereas really the name is on /proc/self/task/[tid]/comm. Fix it. Signed-off-by: Dave Martin --- man2/prctl.2 | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/prctl.2 b/man2/prctl.2 index a35b748..9736434 100644 --- a/man2/prctl.2 +++ b/man2/prctl.2 @@ -808,8 +808,10 @@ and retrieved using The attribute is likewise accessible via .IR /proc/self/task/[tid]/comm , where -.I tid -is the name of the calling thread. +.I [tid] +is the the thread ID of the calling thread, as returned by +.BR gettid (2). +.\" prctl PR_GET_NAME .TP .BR PR_GET_NAME " (since Linux 2.6.11)" Return the name of the calling thread, -- 2.1.4