proc.5: Clarify that various mask fields in /proc/PID/status are in hexadecimal

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>

diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index fda621973f0cf3e3735e435d7c02b18c151437ef..336563c3ad6448e77e8cce77d6907ab0da8abcd6 100644 (file)
--- a/man5/proc.5
+++ b/man5/proc.5
@@ -2647,21 +2647,23 @@ and
 .BR signal (7)).
 .IP *
 .IR SigBlk ", " SigIgn ", " SigCgt :
-Masks indicating signals being blocked, ignored, and caught (see
+Masks (expressed in hexadeximal)
+indicating signals being blocked, ignored, and caught (see
 .BR signal (7)).
 .IP *
 .IR CapInh ", " CapPrm ", " CapEff :
-Masks of capabilities enabled in inheritable, permitted, and effective sets
+Masks (expressed in hexadeximal)
+of capabilities enabled in inheritable, permitted, and effective sets
 (see
 .BR capabilities (7)).
 .IP *
 .IR CapBnd :
-Capability bounding set
+Capability bounding set, expressed in hexadecimal
 (since Linux 2.6.26, see
 .BR capabilities (7)).
 .IP *
 .IR CapAmb :
-Ambient capability set
+Ambient capability set, expressed in hexadecimal
 (since Linux 4.3, see
 .BR capabilities (7)).
 .IP *
@@ -2695,7 +2697,7 @@ Speculation flaw mitigation state
 .BR prctl (2)).
 .IP *
 .IR Cpus_allowed :
-Mask of CPUs on which this process may run
+Hexadecimal mask of CPUs on which this process may run
 (since Linux 2.6.24, see
 .BR cpuset (7)).
 .IP *