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| author | davidc <davidc@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-03-24 00:31:38 +0000 |
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| committer | davidc <davidc@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-03-24 00:31:38 +0000 |
| commit | 92f87e9176d14a1bef77b2ae7e13a46b33b36e7b (patch) | |
| tree | 1bc47a2f46950321237cfbddf331106a36608d5d /share/man/man9/lock.9 | |
| parent | 8da6f2dfa416aed1409cd34ffe58530edecbbe8b (diff) | |
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Fixed bad wording/spelling in few paragraphs.
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diff --git a/share/man/man9/lock.9 b/share/man/man9/lock.9 index c737a54..b5ba3d6 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/lock.9 +++ b/share/man/man9/lock.9 @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ The .Fn lockinit function is used to initialize a lock. -It must be called prior to any operation could be performed on a lock. +It must be called before any operation can be performed on a lock. Its arguments are: .Bl -tag -width ".Fa wmesg" .It Fa lkp @@ -133,14 +133,14 @@ If an exclusive lock has been recursed, all references will be downgraded. Upgrade a shared lock to an exclusive lock. Fails with .Er EBUSY -if there is someone ahead of use waiting for an upgrade. +if there is someone ahead of you in line waiting for an upgrade. If this call fails, the shared lock is lost. -Attempt to upgrade an exclusive lock will cause a +Attempts to upgrade an exclusive lock will cause a .Xr panic 9 . .It Dv LK_UPGRADE Upgrade a shared lock to an exclusive lock. If this call fails, the shared lock is lost. -Attempt to upgrade an exclusive lock will cause a +Attempts to upgrade an exclusive lock will cause a .Xr panic 9 . .It Dv LK_RELEASE Release the lock. |
