From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-9.7 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68332C2D0F6 for ; Tue, 12 May 2020 16:37:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 536CA20720 for ; Tue, 12 May 2020 16:37:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728038AbgELQhy (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 May 2020 12:37:54 -0400 Received: from foss.arm.com ([217.140.110.172]:58198 "EHLO foss.arm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727999AbgELQhx (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 May 2020 12:37:53 -0400 Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.121.207.14]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A1F212FC; Tue, 12 May 2020 09:37:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from e103592.cambridge.arm.com (usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com [10.121.207.14]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 50A783F305; Tue, 12 May 2020 09:37:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Dave Martin To: mtk.manpages@gmail.com Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Subject: [PATCH 08/14] prctl.2: Work around bogus constant "maxsig" in PR_SET_PDEATHSIG Date: Tue, 12 May 2020 17:36:53 +0100 Message-Id: <1589301419-24459-9-git-send-email-Dave.Martin@arm.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.1.4 In-Reply-To: <1589301419-24459-1-git-send-email-Dave.Martin@arm.com> References: <1589301419-24459-1-git-send-email-Dave.Martin@arm.com> Sender: linux-man-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org The description of PR_SET_PDEATHSIG refers to "maxsig", which is apparently intended to stand for the maximum defined signal number. maxsig seems not to be a thing, even in the kernel. Reword to use the standard constant NSIG. (Discussion of SIGRTMIN and SIGRTMAX seems out of scope here, and anyway is not relevant to the kernel.) Signed-off-by: Dave Martin --- man2/prctl.2 | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man2/prctl.2 b/man2/prctl.2 index a84fb1d..1e04859 100644 --- a/man2/prctl.2 +++ b/man2/prctl.2 @@ -955,7 +955,9 @@ will operate in the privilege-restricting mode described above. .BR PR_SET_PDEATHSIG " (since Linux 2.1.57)" Set the parent-death signal of the calling process to \fIarg2\fP (either a signal value -in the range 1..maxsig, or 0 to clear). +in the range 1 .. +.BR NSIG " \-" +1, or 0 to clear). This is the signal that the calling process will get when its parent dies. .IP -- 2.1.4