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Diffstat (limited to 'man2/set_thread_area.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/set_thread_area.2 | 18 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/man2/set_thread_area.2 b/man2/set_thread_area.2 index feef67c4c..28f87e128 100644 --- a/man2/set_thread_area.2 +++ b/man2/set_thread_area.2 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Standard C library .IR Note : glibc provides no wrappers for these system calls, necessitating the use of -.BR syscall (2). +.MR syscall 2 . .SH DESCRIPTION These calls provide architecture-specific support for a thread-local storage implementation. @@ -176,15 +176,15 @@ Linux 2.5.32. .SH NOTES These system calls are generally intended for use only by threading libraries. .P -.BR arch_prctl (2) +.MR arch_prctl 2 can interfere with .BR set_thread_area () on x86. See -.BR arch_prctl (2) +.MR arch_prctl 2 for more details. This is not normally a problem, as -.BR arch_prctl (2) +.MR arch_prctl 2 is normally used only by 64-bit programs. .P On MIPS, the current value of the thread area pointer can be obtained @@ -203,9 +203,9 @@ On 64-bit kernels before Linux 3.19, one of the padding bits in .IR user_desc , if set, would prevent the descriptor from being considered empty (see -.BR modify_ldt (2)). +.MR modify_ldt 2 ). As a result, the only reliable way to clear a TLS entry is to use -.BR memset (3) +.MR memset 3 to zero the entire .I user_desc structure, including padding bits, and then to set the @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ behaved differently on older kernels. Prior to Linux 3.19, the DS and ES segment registers must not reference TLS entries. .SH SEE ALSO -.BR arch_prctl (2), -.BR modify_ldt (2), -.BR ptrace (2) +.MR arch_prctl 2 , +.MR modify_ldt 2 , +.MR ptrace 2 .RB ( PTRACE_GET_THREAD_AREA " and " PTRACE_SET_THREAD_AREA ) |