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diff --git a/man/man2/clone.2 b/man/man2/clone.2 index 0ae4a1aaef..16d9f7f913 100644 --- a/man/man2/clone.2 +++ b/man/man2/clone.2 @@ -1644,6 +1644,36 @@ an additional argument is supplied: The argument-passing conventions on blackfin, m68k, and sparc are different from the descriptions above. For details, see the kernel (and glibc) source. +.SH STANDARDS +Linux. +.SH HISTORY +.TP +.BR clone3 () +Linux 5.3. +.\" There is no entry for +.\" .BR clone () +.\" in libc5. +.\" glibc2 provides +.\" .BR clone () +.\" as described in this manual page. +.SS Linux 2.4 and earlier +In the Linux 2.4.x series, +.B CLONE_THREAD +generally does not make the parent of the new thread the same +as the parent of the calling process. +However, from Linux 2.4.7 to Linux 2.4.18 the +.B CLONE_THREAD +flag implied the +.B CLONE_PARENT +flag (as in Linux 2.6.0 and later). +.P +In Linux 2.4 and earlier, +.BR clone () +does not take arguments +.IR parent_tid , +.IR tls , +and +.IR child_tid . .SS ia64 On ia64, a different interface is used: .P @@ -1682,36 +1712,6 @@ and .I stack_size specifies the size of the stack pointed to by .IR stack_base . -.SH STANDARDS -Linux. -.SH HISTORY -.TP -.BR clone3 () -Linux 5.3. -.\" There is no entry for -.\" .BR clone () -.\" in libc5. -.\" glibc2 provides -.\" .BR clone () -.\" as described in this manual page. -.SS Linux 2.4 and earlier -In the Linux 2.4.x series, -.B CLONE_THREAD -generally does not make the parent of the new thread the same -as the parent of the calling process. -However, from Linux 2.4.7 to Linux 2.4.18 the -.B CLONE_THREAD -flag implied the -.B CLONE_PARENT -flag (as in Linux 2.6.0 and later). -.P -In Linux 2.4 and earlier, -.BR clone () -does not take arguments -.IR parent_tid , -.IR tls , -and -.IR child_tid . .SH NOTES One use of these system calls is to implement threads: multiple flows of control in a program that |