On 03/29/2015 08:48 PM, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote: > Shorten overlong sentence. > Highlight futex(). > Tfix. Thanks, Heinrich. Applied. Cheers, Michael > Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@xxxxxx> > --- > man2/futex.2 | 12 +++++++----- > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/man2/futex.2 b/man2/futex.2 > index 0644fc6..dea50ea 100644 > --- a/man2/futex.2 > +++ b/man2/futex.2 > @@ -59,16 +59,18 @@ 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, > +When executing a > +.BR futex () > +operation that requests to block a thread, > the kernel will only block if the futex word has the value that the > calling thread supplied as expected value. > The load from the futex word, the comparison with > the expected value, > and the actual blocking will happen atomically and totally > -ordered with respect to concurrently executing futex operations > -on the same futex word, > -such as operations that wake threads blocked on this futex word. > -Thus, the futex word is used to connect the synchronization in user spac > +ordered with respect to concurrently executing > +.BR futex () > +operations on the same futex word. > +Thus, the futex word is used to connect the synchronization in user space > with the implementation of blocking by the kernel; similar to an atomic > compare-and-exchange operation that potentially changes shared memory, > blocking via a futex is an atomic compare-and-block operation. > -- 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
