PR remote/18965: vforkdone stop reply should indicate parent PID

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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 4ecdb8fc7b7cb6264691fa42d4651e8fa7232a33..e80e695f1ae42832c1aed210169aaf13794be3e0 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -35498,11 +35498,12 @@ indicating support.
 
 @cindex vforkdone events, remote reply
 @item vforkdone
-The packet indicates that a child process created by a vfork
-has either called @code{exec} or terminated, so that the
-address spaces of the parent and child process are no longer
-shared. The @var{r} part is ignored.  This packet is only
-applicable to targets that support vforkdone events.
+The packet indicates that a child process created by a vfork has
+either called @code{exec} or terminated, so that the address spaces of
+the parent and child process are no longer shared.  The @var{r} part
+is the thread ID of the parent process.  Refer to @ref{thread-id
+syntax} for the format of the @var{thread-id} field.  This packet is
+only applicable to targets that support vforkdone events.
 
 This packet should not be sent by default; older @value{GDBN} versions
 did not support it.  @value{GDBN} requests it, by supplying an