From 9bf97bc95a9b9eb5697f04f8f8b1f7d868dd798a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Mayer Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 17:39:21 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify CLONE_VFORK doc "process" is confusing because it might cause people to think all threads of the parent get suspended. --- man2/clone.2 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man2/clone.2 b/man2/clone.2 index e381da165..d6783c95d 100644 --- a/man2/clone.2 +++ b/man2/clone.2 @@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ on this child process. .BR CLONE_VFORK " (since Linux 2.2)" If .B CLONE_VFORK -is set, the execution of the calling process is suspended +is set, the execution of the calling thread is suspended until the child releases its virtual memory resources via a call to .BR execve (2)