Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 23:15:08 +0100 From: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com> To: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r276919 - head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes Message-ID: <20150110221508.GA22115@dft-labs.eu> In-Reply-To: <201501102203.t0AM3eFX086723@svn.freebsd.org> References: <201501102203.t0AM3eFX086723@svn.freebsd.org>
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On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 10:03:40PM +0000, Glen Barber wrote: > Author: gjb > Date: Sat Jan 10 22:03:39 2015 > New Revision: 276919 > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/276919 > > Log: > Document r270745, ps(1) 'tracer' keyword addition. > > Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation > > Modified: > head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml > > Modified: head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml > ============================================================================== > --- head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml Sat Jan 10 22:03:36 2015 (r276918) > +++ head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml Sat Jan 10 22:03:39 2015 (r276919) > @@ -382,6 +382,10 @@ > defaults to <filename class="directory">/usr/local</filename> > if unset.</para> > > + <para revision="270745">The &man.ps.1; utility has been updated > + to include a new keyword, <quote>tracer</quote>, which displays > + the parent <acronym>PID</acronym> of a child process.</para> > + 'tracer' contains pid of the process doing the tracing. The kernel used to always replace parent pid with the tracer and then ps -o ppid would report the tracer instead of the real parent. This was changed and additional field was added to report the tracer. -- Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik gmail.com>
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