Petre Mierlutiu wrote: > Hello, > > the sleep(3) manpage states, under DESCRIPTION, that "sleep() makes the calling process sleep [...]". I believe this not to be true and the appropriate text would be: "sleep() makes the calling thread sleep [...]". > > I think in the past Linux did implement it so it would block the process, I am not sure. > Anyway, sleep is currently implemented using nanosleep() and a simple threaded program can be written to prove sleep only sleeps the calling thread. > > Manpages version: 3.21 > Distribution: ubuntu 9.10 > > Kind regards, > > Petre Mierlutiu-- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Signed-off-by: Bill O. Gallmeister <bog.kernel@xxxxxxxxx> --- man3/sleep.3 | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/man3/sleep.3 b/man3/sleep.3 index 900b7fc..41575b7 100644 --- a/man3/sleep.3 +++ b/man3/sleep.3 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ sleep \- Sleep for the specified number of seconds .fi .SH DESCRIPTION .BR sleep () -makes the calling process sleep until +makes the calling thread sleep until .I seconds seconds have elapsed or a signal arrives which is not ignored. .SH "RETURN VALUE" @@ -58,5 +58,6 @@ from a signal handler or modifying the handling of while sleeping will cause undefined results. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR alarm (2), +.BR nanosleep (2), .BR signal (2), .BR signal (7) -- 1.6.0.6 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
