[PATCH 2/2] ptrace.2: more ffix and tfix
From: David Prévot <hidden>
Date: 2012-03-23 03:12:09
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
Possibly related (same subject, not in this thread)
- 2012-03-23 · Re: [PATCH 2/2] ptrace.2: more ffix and tfix · Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <hidden>
The previous ones were spotted during the translations, while those were spotted during its review. Regards David --- man2/ptrace.2 | 14 ++++++++------ 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man2/ptrace.2 b/man2/ptrace.2
index 457c6ac..62f4458 100644
--- a/man2/ptrace.2
+++ b/man2/ptrace.2@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ The word is returned as the result of the call. Typically, the offset must be word-aligned, though this might vary by architecture. -See NOTES. +See +.BR NOTES . .RI ( data is ignored.) .TP
@@ -264,7 +265,7 @@ itself. .RI ( addr is ignored.) .TP -.BR PTRACE_SETOPTIONS " (since Linux 2.4.6; see BUGS for caveats)" +.BR PTRACE_SETOPTIONS " (since Linux 2.4.6; see " BUGS " for caveats)" Set ptrace options from .IR data . .RI ( addr
@@ -718,7 +719,7 @@ Example: .\" describe how wait notifications queue (or not queue) .LP The following kinds of ptrace-stops exist: signal-delivery-stops, -group-stop, +group-stops, .B PTRACE_EVENT stops, syscall-stops. They all are reported by
@@ -802,12 +803,12 @@ Note that a suppressed signal still causes system calls to return prematurely. In this case system calls will be restarted: the tracer will observe the tracee to reexecute the interrupted system call (or -.BR restart_syscall(2) +.BR restart_syscall (2) system call for a few syscalls which use a different mechanism for restarting) if the tracer uses .BR PTRACE_SYSCALL . Even system calls (such as -.BR poll(2) ) +.BR poll (2)) which are not restartable after signal are restarted after signal is suppressed; however, kernel bugs exist which cause some syscalls to fail with
@@ -1454,7 +1455,8 @@ The .B PTRACE_O_TRACEEXEC option is the recommended tool for dealing with this situation. First, it enables -.BR PTRACE_EVENT_EXEC -stop, +.B PTRACE_EVENT_EXEC +stop, which occurs before .BR execve(2) returns.
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