Module Name: src
Committed By: kamil
Date: Wed Jun 12 12:30:42 UTC 2019
Modified Files:
src/lib/libc/sys: ptrace.2
Log Message:
Try to make posix_spawn(3) note in ptrace(2) less confusing
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.72 -r1.73 src/lib/libc/sys/ptrace.2
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Modified files:
Index: src/lib/libc/sys/ptrace.2
diff -u src/lib/libc/sys/ptrace.2:1.72 src/lib/libc/sys/ptrace.2:1.73
--- src/lib/libc/sys/ptrace.2:1.72 Wed Jun 12 10:09:26 2019
+++ src/lib/libc/sys/ptrace.2 Wed Jun 12 12:30:42 2019
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: ptrace.2,v 1.72 2019/06/12 10:09:26 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: ptrace.2,v 1.73 2019/06/12 12:30:42 kamil Exp $
.\"
.\" This file is in the public domain.
.Dd June 12, 2019
@@ -489,20 +489,15 @@ The
.Dv PTRACE_VFORK_DONE
event can be used to report unblocking of the parent.
.Pp
-The
-.Xr posix_spawn 3
-operation implements
-.Xr vfork 2
-and
-.Xr exec 3
-as a single syscall in the kernel.
+.Fn posix_spawn
+on
+.Nx
+directly creates the child process without intermediant fork.
The
.Dv PTRACE_POSIX_SPAWN
event semantics are the same as
.Dv PTRACE_FORK ,
-but the child is reported with implied
-.Xr exec 3
-operation.
+but the child is reported with implied execution of a file.
.Pp
A pointer to this structure is passed in
.Fa addr .
