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@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ one of the synchronization primitives discussed:
.It mutex Ta \&ok Ta \&ok-1 Ta \&no Ta \&ok Ta \&ok Ta \&no-3
.It sx Ta \&ok Ta \&ok Ta \&ok-2 Ta \&ok Ta \&ok Ta \&ok-4
.It rwlock Ta \&ok Ta \&ok Ta \&no Ta \&ok-2 Ta \&ok Ta \&no-3
-.It rmlock Ta \&ok Ta \&ok Ta \&no Ta \&ok Ta \&ok-2 Ta \&no
+.It rmlock Ta \&ok Ta \&ok Ta \&ok-5 Ta \&ok Ta \&ok-2 Ta \&ok-5
.El
.Pp
.Em *1
@@ -326,6 +326,13 @@ Though one can sleep holding an sx lock, one can also use
.Fn sx_sleep
which will atomically release this primitive when going to sleep and
reacquire it on wakeup.
+.Pp
+.Em *5
+.Em Read-mostly
+locks can be initialized to support sleeping while holding a write lock.
+See
+.Xr rmlock 9
+for details.
.Ss Context mode table
The next table shows what can be used in different contexts.
At this time this is a rather easy to remember table.
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