Re: [PATCH 03/14] prctl.2: tfix mis-description of thread ID values in procfs
From: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <hidden>
Date: 2020-05-13 08:36:56
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On 5/12/20 6:36 PM, Dave Martin wrote:
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.
Thanks, Dave. Patch applied. Cheers, Michael
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
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,
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