man: do not say that tasks are threads and processes

This is confusing because the reader might think that processes and threads are
counted separately. Another issue pointed out in #16363.

diff --git a/docs/USER_RECORD.md b/docs/USER_RECORD.md
index 885a94858d371f538293637dc063a44c22244ae5..877d213e468908943d6adaab6a62152079c27cfa 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/USER_RECORD.md
+++ b/docs/USER_RECORD.md
@@ -368,11 +368,11 @@ directory is first created, and defaults to `/etc/skel` if not defined.
 access mask for the home directory when it is first created.
 
 `tasksMax` → Takes an unsigned 64bit integer indicating the maximum number of
-tasks the user may start in parallel during system runtime. This value is
-enforced on all tasks (i.e. processes and threads) the user starts or that are
-forked off these processes regardless if the change user identity (for example
-by setuid binaries/`su`/`sudo` and
-similar). [`systemd-logind.service`](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-logind.service.html)
+tasks the user may start in parallel during system runtime. This counts
+all tasks (i.e. threads, where each process is at least one thread) the user starts or that are
+forked from these processes even if the user identity is changed (for example
+by setuid binaries/`su`/`sudo` and similar).
+[`systemd-logind.service`](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-logind.service.html)
 enforces this by setting the `TasksMax` slice property for the user's slice
 `user-$UID.slice`.
 

diff --git a/man/homectl.xml b/man/homectl.xml
index 5c67ea005409dbef6927eb71f94f465e44ca91fe..6a8448f25d29edaad2b05221dad71ea177b06da1 100644 (file)
--- a/man/homectl.xml
+++ b/man/homectl.xml
@@ -504,10 +504,10 @@
         <term><option>--tasks-max=</option><replaceable>TASKS</replaceable></term>
 
         <listitem><para>Takes a non-zero unsigned integer as argument. Configures the maximum numer of tasks
-        (i.e. processes and threads) the user may have at any given time. This limit applies to all tasks
-        forked off the user's sessions, even if they change user identity via <citerefentry
-        project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>su</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> or a
-        similar tool. Use <option>--rlimit=LIMIT_NPROC=</option> to place a limit on the tasks actually
+        (i.e. threads, where each process is at least one thread) the user may have at any given time. This
+        limit applies to all tasks forked off the user's sessions, even if they change user identity via
+        <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>su</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+        or a similar tool. Use <option>--rlimit=LIMIT_NPROC=</option> to place a limit on the tasks actually
         running under the UID of the user, thus excluding any child processes that might have changed user
         identity. This controls the <varname>TasksMax=</varname> setting of the per-user systemd slice unit
         <filename>user-$UID.slice</filename>. See