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clone.2: Rework the discussion of the historical CLONE_PID for clarity
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@ -519,17 +519,18 @@ The store operation completes before
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.BR clone ()
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.BR clone ()
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returns control to user space.
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returns control to user space.
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.TP
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.TP
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.BR CLONE_PID " (obsolete)"
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.BR CLONE_PID " (Linux 2.0 to 2.5.15)"
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If
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If
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.B CLONE_PID
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.B CLONE_PID
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is set, the child process is created with the same process ID as
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is set, the child process is created with the same process ID as
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the calling process.
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the calling process.
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This is good for hacking the system, but otherwise
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This is good for hacking the system, but otherwise
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of not much use.
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of not much use.
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Since 2.3.21 this flag can be
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From Linux 2.3.21 onward, this flag could be
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specified only by the system boot process (PID 0).
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specified only by the system boot process (PID 0).
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It disappeared in Linux 2.5.16.
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The flag disappeared completely from the kernel sources in Linux 2.5.16.
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Since then, the kernel silently ignores it without error.
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Since then, the kernel silently ignores this bit if it is specified in
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.IR flags .
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.TP
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.TP
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.BR CLONE_PTRACE " (since Linux 2.2)"
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.BR CLONE_PTRACE " (since Linux 2.2)"
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If
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If
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@ -1130,6 +1131,7 @@ was specified by an unprivileged process (process without \fBCAP_SYS_ADMIN\fP).
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.B EPERM
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.B EPERM
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.B CLONE_PID
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.B CLONE_PID
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was specified by a process other than process 0.
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was specified by a process other than process 0.
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(This error occurs only on Linux 2.5.15 and earlier.)
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.TP
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.TP
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.B EPERM
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.B EPERM
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.BR CLONE_NEWUSER
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.BR CLONE_NEWUSER
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