--- man7/time.7 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man7/time.7 b/man7/time.7 index 5d8fedc..03a00ea 100644 --- a/man7/time.7 +++ b/man7/time.7 @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ value for a thread. The timer slack is the length of time by which the kernel may delay the wake-up of certain system calls that block with a timeout. -Permitting this delay allows the kernel to coallesce wake-up events, +Permitting this delay allows the kernel to coalesce wake-up events, thus possibly reducing the number of system wake-ups and saving power. For more details, see the description of .B PR_SET_TIMERSLACK -- 1.7.10.4 -- 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
