[PATCH] seccomp.2: Clarify that bad system calls kill the thread

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Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 man2/seccomp.2 | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man2/seccomp.2 b/man2/seccomp.2
index a3421871f0f4..bde54c3e3e99 100644
--- a/man2/seccomp.2
+++ b/man2/seccomp.2
@@ -69,9 +69,10 @@ The only system calls that the calling thread is permitted to make are
 .BR exit_group (2)),
 and
 .BR sigreturn (2).
-Other system calls result in the delivery of a
+Other system calls result in the termination of the calling thread,
+or termination of the entire process with the
 .BR SIGKILL
-signal.
+signal when there is only one thread.
 Strict secure computing mode is useful for number-crunching
 applications that may need to execute untrusted byte code, perhaps
 obtained by reading from a pipe or socket.
-- 
2.29.2



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