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authorgavin <gavin@FreeBSD.org>2014-09-03 23:11:39 +0000
committergavin <gavin@FreeBSD.org>2014-09-03 23:11:39 +0000
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Merge r269871 from head:
Clarify descriptions of pthread_cond_wait() and pthread_cond_timedwait() Submitted by: Malcolm Douglas via freebsd-doc Reviewed by: jhb
-rw-r--r--share/man/man3/pthread.38
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man3/pthread.3 b/share/man/man3/pthread.3
index 9c80f70..78a9153 100644
--- a/share/man/man3/pthread.3
+++ b/share/man/man3/pthread.3
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd January 8, 2010
+.Dd August 12, 2014
.Dt PTHREAD 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -344,13 +344,13 @@ Unblock at least one of the threads blocked on the specified condition variable.
.Fa "const struct timespec *abstime"
.Fc
.Xc
-Wait no longer than the specified time for a condition
-and lock the specified mutex.
+Unlock the specified mutex, wait no longer than the specified time for
+a condition, and then relock the mutex.
.It Xo
.Ft int
.Fn pthread_cond_wait "pthread_cond_t *" "pthread_mutex_t *mutex"
.Xc
-Wait for a condition and lock the specified mutex.
+Unlock the specified mutex, wait for a condition, and relock the mutex.
.El
.Ss Read/Write Lock Routines
.Bl -tag -width indent
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