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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2012-07-21 04:55:31 +0200
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2012-07-21 04:55:31 +0200
commit568c4c02b726a0e0e20eeafa3d05147861d4ceeb (patch)
tree32eceb65c924e6f944f357ac6ce7836dd63825c5
parentf5fe595295cbab0ae42673422512bf4420ef2187 (diff)
downloadman-pages-568c4c02b726a0e0e20eeafa3d05147861d4ceeb.tar.gz
set_tid_address.2: ffix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
-rw-r--r--man2/set_tid_address.28
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man2/set_tid_address.2 b/man2/set_tid_address.2
index 08a1ed7df7..f4a6d1daf9 100644
--- a/man2/set_tid_address.2
+++ b/man2/set_tid_address.2
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ The kernel keeps for each process two values called
and
.I clear_child_tid
that are NULL by default.
-.SS set_child_tid
+.TP
+.I set_child_tid
If a process is started using
.BR clone (2)
with the
@@ -45,12 +46,13 @@ flag,
is set to the value passed in the
.I ctid
argument of that system call.
-.LP
+.IP
When
.I set_child_tid
is set, the very first thing the new process does
is writing its PID at this address.
-.SS clear_child_tid
+.TP
+.I clear_child_tid
If a process is started using
.BR clone (2)
with the