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.TH prctl 2 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
.SH NAME
-prctl \- operations on a process or thread
+prctl
+\-
+operations on a process or thread
.SH LIBRARY
Standard C library
.RI ( libc ", " \-lc )
manipulates various aspects of the behavior
of the calling thread or process.
.P
-Note that careless use of some
-.BR prctl ()
-operations can confuse the user-space run-time environment,
-so these operations should be used with care.
-.P
.BR prctl ()
is called with a first argument describing what to do
(with values defined in \fI<linux/prctl.h>\fP), and further
.SH HISTORY
Linux 2.1.57,
glibc 2.0.6
+.SH CAVEATS
+Careless use of some
+.BR prctl ()
+operations can confuse the user-space run-time environment,
+so these operations should be used with care.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR signal (2),
.BR PR_CAP_AMBIENT (2const),