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@@ -1058,6 +1058,12 @@ as described in this manual page.
is Linux-specific and should not be used in programs
intended to be portable.
.SH NOTES
+The
+.BR kcmp (2)
+system call can be used to test whether two processes share various
+resources siuch as a file descriptor table,
+System V semaphore undo operations, or a virtual address space.
+
In the kernel 2.4.x series,
.B CLONE_THREAD
generally does not make the parent of the new thread the same