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-rw-r--r--man/stapprobes.kprocess.3stap.in (renamed from man/stapprobes.process.3stap.in)22
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diff --git a/man/stapprobes.process.3stap.in b/man/stapprobes.kprocess.3stap.in
index aa8089e8..4f5e7903 100644
--- a/man/stapprobes.process.3stap.in
+++ b/man/stapprobes.kprocess.3stap.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
.\" -*- nroff -*-
-.TH STAPPROBES.PROCESS 3stap @DATE@ "Intel, IBM"
+.TH STAPPROBES.KPROCESS 3stap @DATE@ "Intel, IBM"
.SH NAME
-stapprobes.process \- systemtap process probe points
+stapprobes.kprocess \- systemtap kernel process probe points
.\" macros
.de SAMPLE
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ stapprobes.process \- systemtap process probe points
.SH DESCRIPTION
-This family of probe points is used to probe the process activities.
+This family of probe points is used to probe the kernel's process activities.
It contains the following probe points:
.P
.TP
-.B process.create
+.B kprocess.create
Fires whenever a new process is successfully created, either as a
result of one of the fork syscall variants, or a new kernel thread.
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ result of one of the fork syscall variants, or a new kernel thread.
.P
.TP
-.B process.start
+.B kprocess.start
Fires immediately before a new process begins execution.
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Fires immediately before a new process begins execution.
.P
.TP
-.B process.exec
+.B kprocess.exec
Fires whenever a process attempts to exec to a new program
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Fires whenever a process attempts to exec to a new program
.P
.TP
-.B process.exec_complete
+.B kprocess.exec_complete
Fires at the completion of an exec call
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ Fires at the completion of an exec call
.P
.TP
-.B process.exit
+.B kprocess.exit
Fires when a process terminates. This will always be followed by a
-process.release, though the latter may be delayed if the process
+kprocess.release, though the latter may be delayed if the process
waits in a zombie state.
.B Arguments:
@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ waits in a zombie state.
.P
.TP
-.B process.release
+.B kprocess.release
Fires when a process is released from the kernel. This always
-follows a process.exit, though it may be delayed somewhat if the
+follows a kprocess.exit, though it may be delayed somewhat if the
process waits in a zombie state.
.B Arguments: