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-rw-r--r--man5/proc.511
-rw-r--r--man5/proc_pid_personality.523
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index 6a92e2ea42..7eb84b88e9 100644
--- a/man5/proc.5
+++ b/man5/proc.5
@@ -266,17 +266,6 @@ Therefore, it may be desirable to reset the "dumpable" attribute
.I after
making any desired changes to the process's effective UID or GID.
.TP
-.IR /proc/ pid /personality " (since Linux 2.6.28)"
-.\" commit 478307230810d7e2a753ed220db9066dfdf88718
-This read-only file exposes the process's execution domain, as set by
-.BR personality (2).
-The value is displayed in hexadecimal notation.
-.IP
-Permission to access this file is governed by a ptrace access mode
-.B PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH_FSCREDS
-check; see
-.BR ptrace (2).
-.TP
.IR /proc/ pid /root
UNIX and Linux support the idea of a per-process root of the
filesystem, set by the
diff --git a/man5/proc_pid_personality.5 b/man5/proc_pid_personality.5
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49b8f5fdf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man5/proc_pid_personality.5
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+.\" Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, Daniel Quinlan <quinlan@yggdrasil.com>
+.\" Copyright (C) 2002-2008, 2017, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
+.\" Copyright (C) 2023, Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
+.\"
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+.\"
+.TH proc_pid_personality 5 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
+.SH NAME
+/proc/pid/personality \- execution domain
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.TP
+.IR /proc/ pid /personality " (since Linux 2.6.28)"
+.\" commit 478307230810d7e2a753ed220db9066dfdf88718
+This read-only file exposes the process's execution domain, as set by
+.BR personality (2).
+The value is displayed in hexadecimal notation.
+.IP
+Permission to access this file is governed by a ptrace access mode
+.B PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH_FSCREDS
+check; see
+.BR ptrace (2).
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR proc (5)