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--- a/man3/pthread_setname_np.3
+++ b/man3/pthread_setname_np.3
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
.\"
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
.\"
-.TH pthread_setname_np 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
+.TH pthread_setname_np 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
.SH NAME
pthread_setname_np, pthread_getname_np \- set/get the name of a thread
.SH LIBRARY
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ POSIX threads library
.nf
.BR "#define _GNU_SOURCE" " /* See feature_test_macros(7) */"
.B #include <pthread.h>
-.PP
+.P
.BI "int pthread_setname_np(pthread_t " thread ", const char *" name );
.BI "int pthread_getname_np(pthread_t " thread ", char " name [. size "], \
size_t " size );
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ The
argument specifies the thread whose name is to be changed;
.I name
specifies the new name.
-.PP
+.P
The
.BR pthread_getname_np ()
function can be used to retrieve the name of the thread.
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ function can fail with the following error:
The length of the string specified pointed to by
.I name
exceeds the allowed limit.
-.PP
+.P
The
.BR pthread_getname_np ()
function can fail with the following error:
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ The buffer specified by
and
.I size
is too small to hold the thread name.
-.PP
+.P
If either of these functions fails to open
.IR /proc/self/task/ tid /comm ,
then the call may fail with one of the errors described in
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ T{
.BR pthread_getname_np ()
T} Thread safety MT-Safe
.TE
-.sp 1
.SH STANDARDS
GNU;
hence the suffix "_np" (nonportable) in the names.
@@ -117,9 +116,9 @@ The program below demonstrates the use of
.BR pthread_setname_np ()
and
.BR pthread_getname_np ().
-.PP
+.P
The following shell session shows a sample run of the program:
-.PP
+.P
.in +4n
.EX
.RB "$" " ./a.out"