On 03/29/2015 08:38 PM, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote: > Using the word "physical" address should make the text easier to > make. > > Avoid negations like "may not be equal". Thanks, Heinrich. Applied. Cheers, Michael > 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 > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- 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
