The old wording was ambiguous, but it is important to know that signals that were set to SIG_IGN will not be restored to SIG_DFL. This behavior was documented in the kernel commit that introduced the feature: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b612e5df4587c934bd056bf05f4a1deca4de4f75 Signed-off-by: Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@xxxxxxxxx> --- v1 -> v2: added link to kernel commit --- man2/clone.2 | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man2/clone.2 b/man2/clone.2 index 4a75b557b..deb4bdb5b 100644 --- a/man2/clone.2 +++ b/man2/clone.2 @@ -455,7 +455,8 @@ flag is also employed.) By default, signal dispositions in the child thread are the same as in the parent. If this flag is specified, -then all signals that are handled in the parent +then all signals that are handled in the parent (and not set to +.BR SIG_IGN ) are reset to their default dispositions .RB ( SIG_DFL ) in the child. -- 2.39.2
