On 02/16/2015 11:40 AM, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote: > fork.2 should clearly point out that child and parent > process run in separate memory spaces. Thanks, Heinrich. Applied. Cheers, Michael > Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@xxxxxx> > --- > man2/fork.2 | 22 +++++++++++++++++++--- > 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/man2/fork.2 b/man2/fork.2 > index e6695ad..dce9bff 100644 > --- a/man2/fork.2 > +++ b/man2/fork.2 > @@ -46,9 +46,25 @@ fork \- create a child process > .SH DESCRIPTION > .BR fork () > creates a new process by duplicating the calling process. > -The new process, referred to as the \fIchild\fP, > -is an exact duplicate of the calling process, > -referred to as the \fIparent\fP, except for the following points: > +The new process is referred to as the > +.I child > +process. > +The calling process is referred to as the > +.I parent > +process. > + > +The child process and the parent process run in separate memory spaces. > +At the time of > +.BR fork () > +both memory spaces have the same content. > +Memory writes, file mappings > +.RB ( mmap (2)), > +and unmappings > +.RB ( munmap (2)) > +performed by one of the processes do not affect the other. > + > +The child process is an exact duplicate of the parent > +process except for the following points: > .IP * 3 > The child has its own unique process ID, > and this PID does not match the ID of any existing process group > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
