It's documented under ERRORS that specifying a exit_signal with CLONE_PARENT is not allowed, but it is not specified how the exit_signal is to be set (or is set) when using the CLONE_PARENT flag. Signed-off-by: Sargun Dhillon <sargun@xxxxxxxxx> --- man2/clone.2 | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man2/clone.2 b/man2/clone.2 index 4c5b4ac6b..0b2a60482 100644 --- a/man2/clone.2 +++ b/man2/clone.2 @@ -290,7 +290,13 @@ The termination signal is specified in the low byte of .RB ( clone ()) or in .I cl_args.exit_signal -.RB ( clone3 ()). +.RB ( clone3 ()), +unless +.BR CLONE_PARENT +flag is set. If the +.BR CLONE_PARENT +flag is set, then the exit_signal is copied from the calling process's process +group leader. If this signal is specified as anything other than .BR SIGCHLD , then the parent process must specify the -- 2.39.3
