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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man2/clone.2 b/man2/clone.2
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@@ -80,11 +80,6 @@ But see the description of
.B CLONE_PARENT
below.)
.PP
-One use of
-.BR clone ()
-is to implement threads: multiple flows of control in a program that
-run concurrently in a shared address space.
-.PP
When the child process is created with
.BR clone (),
it commences execution by calling the function pointed to by the argument
@@ -865,6 +860,12 @@ Memory writes or file mappings/unmappings performed by one of the
processes do not affect the other, as with
.BR fork (2).
.SH NOTES
+.PP
+One use of
+.BR clone ()
+is to implement threads: multiple flows of control in a program that
+run concurrently in a shared address space.
+.PP
Note that the glibc
.BR clone ()
wrapper function makes some changes