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prctl.2: Minor tweaks to Eugene Syromyatnikov's patch 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2016-12-12 07:17:48 +01:00
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@ -988,10 +988,13 @@ flag, in the location pointed to by
.IR "(int\ **)\ arg2" .
This feature is available only if the kernel is built with the
.BR CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE
option enabled. Note that since the prctl() syscall does not have compat
implementation for AMD64 x32 and MIPS n32 ABIs, and the kernel writes out
pointer of kernel's pointer size, this operation expects a user space buffer
of 8 (not 4) bytes on these ABIs.
option enabled.
Note that since the
.BR prctl ()
system call does not have a compat implementation for
the AMD64 x32 and MIPS n32 ABIs,
and the kernel writes out a pointer using the kernel's pointer size,
this operation expects a user-space buffer of 8 (not 4) bytes on these ABIs.
.TP
.BR PR_SET_TIMERSLACK " (since Linux 2.6.28)"
.\" See https://lwn.net/Articles/369549/