svn commit: r246485 - head/lib/libc/sys

Konstantin Belousov kib at FreeBSD.org
Thu Feb 7 15:36:25 UTC 2013


Author: kib
Date: Thu Feb  7 15:36:24 2013
New Revision: 246485
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/246485

Log:
  Document the detail of interaction between vfork and PT_TRACEME.
  
  MFC after:	2 weeks

Modified:
  head/lib/libc/sys/ptrace.2

Modified: head/lib/libc/sys/ptrace.2
==============================================================================
--- head/lib/libc/sys/ptrace.2	Thu Feb  7 15:34:22 2013	(r246484)
+++ head/lib/libc/sys/ptrace.2	Thu Feb  7 15:36:24 2013	(r246485)
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .\"	$NetBSD: ptrace.2,v 1.2 1995/02/27 12:35:37 cgd Exp $
 .\"
 .\" This file is in the public domain.
-.Dd February 19, 2012
+.Dd February 7, 2013
 .Dt PTRACE 2
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -100,6 +100,16 @@ or any of the routines built on it
 it will stop before executing the first instruction of the new image.
 Also, any setuid or setgid bits on the executable being executed will
 be ignored.
+If the child was created by
+.Xr vfork 2
+system call or
+.Xr rfork(2)
+call with the
+.Dv RFMEM
+flag specified, the debugging events are reported to the parent
+only after the
+.Xr execve 2
+is executed.
 .It Dv PT_READ_I , Dv PT_READ_D
 These requests read a single
 .Vt int


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