[patch] clone.2: Fix types in clone_args

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>From 2b076eb6579e8461eb16450f2e7f2c2f1c82fbad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Valentin Kettner <vakevk@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 11:18:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] clone.2: Fix types in clone_args

A file descriptor is an int so it should be stored through an int pointer while
parent_tid should have the same type as child_tid which is pid_t pointer.
---
 man2/clone.2 | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man2/clone.2 b/man2/clone.2
index ce55997b5..fecec90c8 100644
--- a/man2/clone.2
+++ b/man2/clone.2
@@ -183,11 +183,11 @@ is a structure of the following form:
 struct clone_args {
     u64 flags;        /* Flags bit mask */
     u64 pidfd;        /* Where to store PID file descriptor
-                         (\fIpid_t *\fP) */
+                         (\fIint *\fP) */
     u64 child_tid;    /* Where to store child TID,
                          in child\(aqs memory (\fIpid_t *\fP) */
     u64 parent_tid;   /* Where to store child TID,
-                         in parent\(aqs memory (\fIint *\fP) */
+                         in parent\(aqs memory (\fIpid_t *\fP) */
     u64 exit_signal;  /* Signal to deliver to parent on
                          child termination */
     u64 stack;        /* Pointer to lowest byte of stack */
-- 
2.30.0



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