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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2002-12-18 09:22:32 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2002-12-18 09:22:32 +0000
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mdoc(7) police: Tidy up the syscall language.
Stop calling system calls "function calls". Use "The .Fn system call" a-la "The .Nm utility". When referring to a non-BSD implementation in the HISTORY section, call syscall a function, to be safe.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/sigpending.2')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/sigpending.2 b/lib/libc/sys/sigpending.2
index e6635d3..cc5597b 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/sigpending.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/sigpending.2
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn sigpending
-function returns a mask of the signals pending for delivery
+system call returns a mask of the signals pending for delivery
to the calling process in the location indicated by
.Fa set .
Signals may be pending because they are currently masked,
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ normally detectable).
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Rv -std sigpending
.Sh ERRORS
+The
.Fn sigpending
+system call
will fail if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er EFAULT
@@ -73,5 +75,5 @@ argument specified an invalid address.
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn sigpending
-function call is expected to conform to
+system call is expected to conform to
.St -p1003.1-90 .
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