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* [PATCH 1/1] futex.2: fork fails with -1
@ 2015-02-27 18:25 Heinrich Schuchardt
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From: Heinrich Schuchardt @ 2015-02-27 18:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Michael Kerrisk; +Cc: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA, Heinrich Schuchardt

According to fork.2:
On failure, -1 is returned in the parent.

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org>
---
 man2/futex.2 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man2/futex.2 b/man2/futex.2
index 6c02da7..530e302 100644
--- a/man2/futex.2
+++ b/man2/futex.2
@@ -1579,7 +1579,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
        mappping */
 
     childPid = fork();
-    if (childPid == 1)
+    if (childPid == \-1)
         errExit("fork");
 
     if (childPid == 0) {        /* Child */
-- 
2.1.4

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* Re: [PATCH 1/1] futex.2: fork fails with -1
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@ 2015-03-03  7:20   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
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From: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) @ 2015-03-03  7:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Heinrich Schuchardt
  Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w,
	linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA

On 02/27/2015 07:25 PM, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> According to fork.2:
> On failure, -1 is returned in the parent.

Thanks, Heinrich. Applied.

Cheers,

Michael


> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>  man2/futex.2 | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man2/futex.2 b/man2/futex.2
> index 6c02da7..530e302 100644
> --- a/man2/futex.2
> +++ b/man2/futex.2
> @@ -1579,7 +1579,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
>         mappping */
>  
>      childPid = fork();
> -    if (childPid == 1)
> +    if (childPid == \-1)
>          errExit("fork");
>  
>      if (childPid == 0) {        /* Child */
> 


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