Under PR_SET_NAME, the [tid] value seen in procfs as /proc/self/task/[tid] is mistakenly described as the name of the thread, whereas really the name is on /proc/self/task/[tid]/comm. Fix it. Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@xxxxxxx> --- man2/prctl.2 | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/prctl.2 b/man2/prctl.2 index a35b748..9736434 100644 --- a/man2/prctl.2 +++ b/man2/prctl.2 @@ -808,8 +808,10 @@ and retrieved using The attribute is likewise accessible via .IR /proc/self/task/[tid]/comm , where -.I tid -is the name of the calling thread. +.I [tid] +is the the thread ID of the calling thread, as returned by +.BR gettid (2). +.\" prctl PR_GET_NAME .TP .BR PR_GET_NAME " (since Linux 2.6.11)" Return the name of the calling thread, -- 2.1.4
