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

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Date:	Tue, 16 Jul 2013 12:19:33 +0400
From:	Andrey Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>
To:	Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-man@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	criu@...nvz.org, Andrey Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] ptrace.2: add description for PTRACE_{GET,SET}SIGMASK

These two commands allow to examine and change mask of blocked signals.

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 .
-- 
1.8.3.1

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