From: Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@ionos.com>
To: alx@kernel.org
Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org, Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@ionos.com>
Subject: [PATCH] man2/clone.2: clarify that CLONE_CLEAR_SIGHAND does not affect SIG_IGN
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2023 13:58:35 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231030125835.568711-1-max.kellermann@ionos.com> (raw)
The old wording was ambiguous, but it is important to know that
signals that were set to SIG_IGN will not be restored to SIG_DFL.
Signed-off-by: Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@ionos.com>
---
man2/clone.2 | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/man2/clone.2 b/man2/clone.2
index 4a75b557b..deb4bdb5b 100644
--- a/man2/clone.2
+++ b/man2/clone.2
@@ -455,7 +455,8 @@ flag is also employed.)
By default, signal dispositions in the child thread are the same as
in the parent.
If this flag is specified,
-then all signals that are handled in the parent
+then all signals that are handled in the parent (and not set to
+.BR SIG_IGN )
are reset to their default dispositions
.RB ( SIG_DFL )
in the child.
--
2.39.2
next reply other threads:[~2023-10-30 12:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-10-30 12:58 Max Kellermann [this message]
2023-10-30 13:47 ` [PATCH] man2/clone.2: clarify that CLONE_CLEAR_SIGHAND does not affect SIG_IGN Alejandro Colomar
2023-10-30 13:52 ` Max Kellermann
2023-10-30 16:21 ` Alejandro Colomar
2023-10-30 16:27 ` [PATCH v2] " Max Kellermann
2023-10-31 12:45 ` Alejandro Colomar
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