linux-man.vger.kernel.org archive mirror
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: "Nikola Forró" <nforro-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)"
	<mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: [PATCH] clone.2, fork.2: Document ERESTARTNOINTR error code
Date: Wed, 04 May 2016 10:55:56 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1462352156.3183.1.camel@redhat.com> (raw)

Since Linux 2.6.17, clone and fork syscalls return ERESTARTNOINTR
when interrupted by a signal before newly created process is added
to its process group.
This error code can only be seen by ptrace at syscall exit tracing.

The information was obtained from kernel source code:
http://bit.ly/24xdofn

Signed-off-by: Nikola Forró <nforro-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
---
 man2/clone.2 | 4 ++++
 man2/fork.2  | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man2/clone.2 b/man2/clone.2
index 8373700..ab1e58d 100644
--- a/man2/clone.2
+++ b/man2/clone.2
@@ -1013,6 +1013,10 @@ and the call would cause the limit on the number of
 nested user namespaces to be exceeded.
 See
 .BR user_namespaces (7).
+.TP
+.BR ERESTARTNOINTR " (since Linux 2.6.17)"
+System call was interrupted by a signal and will be restarted.
+(This can be seen only during a trace.)
 .SH VERSIONS
 There is no entry for
 .BR clone ()
diff --git a/man2/fork.2 b/man2/fork.2
index 559a47f..3accc8c 100644
--- a/man2/fork.2
+++ b/man2/fork.2
@@ -242,6 +242,10 @@ failed to allocate the necessary kernel structures because memory is tight.
 is not supported on this platform (for example,
 .\" e.g., arm (optionally), blackfin, c6x, frv, h8300, microblaze, xtensa
 hardware without a Memory-Management Unit).
+.TP
+.BR ERESTARTNOINTR " (since Linux 2.6.17)"
+System call was interrupted by a signal and will be restarted.
+(This can be seen only during a trace.)
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
 .SH NOTES
-- 
2.4.11


--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in
the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

             reply	other threads:[~2016-05-04  8:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-05-04  8:55 Nikola Forró [this message]
     [not found] ` <1462352156.3183.1.camel-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-09 20:32   ` [PATCH] clone.2, fork.2: Document ERESTARTNOINTR error code Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=1462352156.3183.1.camel@redhat.com \
    --to=nforro-h+wxahxf7alqt0dzr+alfa@public.gmane.org \
    --cc=linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org \
    --cc=mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).