Under PR_SET_NAME, the [tid] value seen in procfs as
/proc/self/task/[tid] is mistakenly described as the name of the
thread, whereas really the name is on /proc/self/task/[tid]/comm.
Fix it.
Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com>
---
man2/prctl.2 | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man2/prctl.2 b/man2/prctl.2
index a35b748..9736434 100644
--- a/man2/prctl.2
+++ b/man2/prctl.2
@@ -808,8 +808,10 @@ and retrieved using
The attribute is likewise accessible via
.IR /proc/self/task/[tid]/comm ,
where
-.I tid
-is the name of the calling thread.
+.I [tid]
+is the the thread ID of the calling thread, as returned by
+.BR gettid (2).
+.\" prctl PR_GET_NAME
.TP
.BR PR_GET_NAME " (since Linux 2.6.11)"
Return the name of the calling thread,
--
2.1.4
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