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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2012-07-21 05:01:37 +0200
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2012-07-21 05:01:37 +0200
commit72442c68036dcbe0a3f508d395d5ef562e5b6336 (patch)
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parent568c4c02b726a0e0e20eeafa3d05147861d4ceeb (diff)
downloadman-pages-72442c68036dcbe0a3f508d395d5ef562e5b6336.tar.gz
set_tid_address.2: Some minor rewordings
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
-rw-r--r--man2/set_tid_address.26
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man2/set_tid_address.2 b/man2/set_tid_address.2
index f4a6d1daf9..c3e272d1d4 100644
--- a/man2/set_tid_address.2
+++ b/man2/set_tid_address.2
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ set_tid_address \- set pointer to thread ID
.BI "long set_tid_address(int *" tidptr );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
-The kernel keeps for each process two values called
+For each process, the kernel maintains two attributes (addresses) called
.I set_child_tid
and
-.I clear_child_tid
-that are NULL by default.
+.IR clear_child_tid .
+These two attributes contain the value NULL by default.
.TP
.I set_child_tid
If a process is started using