linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] ptrace.2: add description for PTRACE

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Date:	Mon, 20 Jan 2014 11:03:40 +0100
From:	"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
To:	Andrey Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>
CC:	mtk.manpages@...il.com, linux-man@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, criu@...nvz.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ptrace.2: add description for PTRACE_{GET,SET}SIGMASK

On 07/16/2013 10:19 AM, Andrey Vagin wrote:
> These two commands allow to examine and change mask of blocked signals.

Thanks, Andrey.

Applied.

Cheers,

Michael


> Signed-off-by: Andrey Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>
> ---
>  man2/ptrace.2 | 15 +++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/man2/ptrace.2 b/man2/ptrace.2
> index e74535e..08697ff 100644
> --- a/man2/ptrace.2
> +++ b/man2/ptrace.2
> @@ -356,6 +356,21 @@ If this flag is not set, signals are read from a per-thread queue.
>  .in
>  .PP
>  .TP
> +.BR PTRACE_GETSIGMASK " (since Linux 3.11)"
> +.\" commit 29000caecbe87b6b66f144f72111f0d02fbbf0c1
> +Retrieve mask of blocked signals to the address
> +.I data.
> +The
> +.I addr
> +argument contains the size of mask.
> +.TP
> +.BR PTRACE_SETSIGMASK " (since Linux 3.11)"
> +Change mask of blocked signals from the address
> +.I data.
> +The
> +.I addr
> +argument contains the size of mask.
> +.TP
>  .BR PTRACE_SETOPTIONS " (since Linux 2.4.6; see BUGS for caveats)"
>  Set ptrace options from
>  .IR data .
> 


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