From d0697255122ffe7f622ac7a14917b5db661d7443 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 21:18:40 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] pidfd_open.2: Minor fix: add some structure to text on use cases Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man2/pidfd_open.2 | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man2/pidfd_open.2 b/man2/pidfd_open.2 index 3a0c5fa25..1ca0b8008 100644 --- a/man2/pidfd_open.2 +++ b/man2/pidfd_open.2 @@ -144,11 +144,19 @@ flag. .\" .SS Use cases for PID file descriptors .PP +A PID file descriptor returned by +.BR pidfd_open () +(of by +.BR clone (2) +with the +.BR CLONE_PID +flag) can be used for the following purposes: +.IP * 3 The .BR pidfd_send_signal (2) system call can be used to send a signal to the process referred to by a PID file descriptor. -.PP +.IP * A PID file descriptor can be monitored using .BR poll (2), .BR select (2),