| Message ID | 1589301419-24459-9-git-send-email-Dave.Martin@arm.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
| Headers | show |
| Series | prctl.2 man page updates for Linux 5.6 | expand |
On 5/12/20 6:36 PM, Dave Martin wrote: > The description of PR_SET_PDEATHSIG refers to "maxsig", which is > apparently intended to stand for the maximum defined signal number. > > maxsig seems not to be a thing, even in the kernel. > > Reword to use the standard constant NSIG. (Discussion of SIGRTMIN > and SIGRTMAX seems out of scope here, and anyway is not relevant to > the kernel.) Thanks, Dave. Patch applied. Cheers, Michael > Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com> > --- > man2/prctl.2 | 4 +++- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/man2/prctl.2 b/man2/prctl.2 > index a84fb1d..1e04859 100644 > --- a/man2/prctl.2 > +++ b/man2/prctl.2 > @@ -955,7 +955,9 @@ will operate in the privilege-restricting mode described above. > .BR PR_SET_PDEATHSIG " (since Linux 2.1.57)" > Set the parent-death signal > of the calling process to \fIarg2\fP (either a signal value > -in the range 1..maxsig, or 0 to clear). > +in the range 1 .. > +.BR NSIG " \-" > +1, or 0 to clear). > This is the signal that the calling process will get when its > parent dies. > .IP >
diff --git a/man2/prctl.2 b/man2/prctl.2 index a84fb1d..1e04859 100644 --- a/man2/prctl.2 +++ b/man2/prctl.2 @@ -955,7 +955,9 @@ will operate in the privilege-restricting mode described above. .BR PR_SET_PDEATHSIG " (since Linux 2.1.57)" Set the parent-death signal of the calling process to \fIarg2\fP (either a signal value -in the range 1..maxsig, or 0 to clear). +in the range 1 .. +.BR NSIG " \-" +1, or 0 to clear). This is the signal that the calling process will get when its parent dies. .IP
The description of PR_SET_PDEATHSIG refers to "maxsig", which is apparently intended to stand for the maximum defined signal number. maxsig seems not to be a thing, even in the kernel. Reword to use the standard constant NSIG. (Discussion of SIGRTMIN and SIGRTMAX seems out of scope here, and anyway is not relevant to the kernel.) Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com> --- man2/prctl.2 | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)