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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2012-02-08 07:43:49 +1300 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2012-02-08 09:28:06 +1300 |
| commit | cf2b18fe6db7bfe36f65f7d7864b667dfcbfd441 (patch) | |
| tree | e7ad6bc25c7f42ac5b83e348afac7af62246f61b /man2 | |
| parent | 98afd65767dbf0981205956f32ba5ca22d1e0b9b (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-cf2b18fe6db7bfe36f65f7d7864b667dfcbfd441.tar.gz | |
vfork.2: Clarify that calling *thread* is suspended during vfork()
Reported-by: starlight@binnacle.cx
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'man2')
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/vfork.2 | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man2/vfork.2 b/man2/vfork.2 index 2209cfde37..19ab47b313 100644 --- a/man2/vfork.2 +++ b/man2/vfork.2 @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ .\" 1999-11-10: Merged text taken from the page contributed by .\" Reed H. Petty (rhp@draper.net) .\" -.TH VFORK 2 2010-09-20 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH VFORK 2 2012-02-08 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME vfork \- create a child process and block parent .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ where a child is created which then immediately issues an .BR vfork () differs from .BR fork (2) -in that the parent is suspended until the child terminates +in that the calling thread is suspended until the child terminates (either normally, by calling .BR _exit (2), |