Using the word "physical" address should make the text easier to make. Avoid negations like "may not be equal". Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@xxxxxx> --- man2/futex.2 | 10 ++++------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/futex.2 b/man2/futex.2 index b4a52b1..0644fc6 100644 --- a/man2/futex.2 +++ b/man2/futex.2 @@ -54,12 +54,10 @@ The condition is represented by the futex word, which is an address in memory supplied to the .BR futex () system call, and the value at this memory location. -(While the virtual addresses for the same memory in separate -processes may not be equal, -the kernel maps them internally so that the same memory mapped -in different locations will correspond for -.BR futex () -calls.) +(While the virtual addresses for the same physical memory address +in separate processes may be different, +the same physical address may be shared by the processes using +.BR mmap (2).) When executing a futex operation that requests to block a thread, the kernel will only block if the futex word has the value that the -- 2.1.4 -- 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
