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author | jhb <jhb@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-05-16 15:52:32 +0000 |
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committer | jhb <jhb@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-05-16 15:52:32 +0000 |
commit | 15ba1fce6fb3bfeb0574fa854d8ea47dada7e85b (patch) | |
tree | dbfde9230218b8d971a20a26e508e028d57eba68 | |
parent | 85ab052a63e1e3ebdde18224a05b2cb32ac0a054 (diff) | |
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- Use better terminology when describing mutex operations in msleep(9)'s
description.
- Remove some bogus commas.
- Use the past tense when referring to the removal of the sleep() function
since it happened quite a while ago and since the previous sentence in the
paragraph already uses the past tense.
Approved by: re (rwatson)
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man9/sleep.9 | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man9/sleep.9 b/share/man/man9/sleep.9 index 0954ae2..272642f 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/sleep.9 +++ b/share/man/man9/sleep.9 @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ The function is a variation on tsleep. The parameter .Ar mtx -is a mutex, which will be exited before sleeping, and entered before +is a mutex which will be released before sleeping and reacquired before .Fn msleep returns. If @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ includes the .Dv PDROP flag, the .Ar mtx -parameter will not be entered before returning. +parameter will not be reacquired before returning. The mutex is used to ensure that a condition can be checked atomically, and that the current process can be suspended without missing a @@ -151,9 +151,9 @@ function appeared in The .Fn sleep function used to be the traditional form. -It does not let you specify a timeout or a +It did not let you specify a timeout or a .Ar wmesg , -hence it has been discontinued. +hence it was discontinued. .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit This man page was written by |