It seems much more clear. Suggested-by: Elliott Hughes <enh@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Stefan Puiu <stefan.puiu@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Bruno Haible <bruno@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@xxxxxxxxxx> --- v2: - 2/2: - Drop changes to clock_nanosleep(2). [Bruno] - Don't say "relative duration". [Bruno] - 1/2: unchanged, so not resent. man2/nanosleep.2 | 15 ++++++++------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/nanosleep.2 b/man2/nanosleep.2 index a8d9f5a8a..e7132ee32 100644 --- a/man2/nanosleep.2 +++ b/man2/nanosleep.2 @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .B #include <time.h> .P -.BI "int nanosleep(const struct timespec *" req , +.BI "int nanosleep(const struct timespec *" duration , .BI " struct timespec *_Nullable " rem ); .fi .P @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ .SH DESCRIPTION .BR nanosleep () suspends the execution of the calling thread until either at least the time specified in -.I *req +.I *duration has elapsed, or the delivery of a signal that triggers the invocation of a handler in the calling thread or that terminates the process. @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ .SH DESCRIPTION and it makes the task of resuming a sleep that has been interrupted by a signal handler easier. .SH RETURN VALUE -On successfully sleeping for the requested interval, +On successfully sleeping for the requested duration, .BR nanosleep () returns 0. If the call is interrupted by a signal handler or encounters an error, @@ -138,8 +138,9 @@ .SH VERSIONS service based upon this clock, including the .BR nanosleep () function; ... -Consequently, these time services shall expire when the requested relative -interval elapses, independently of the new or old value of the clock. +Consequently, +these time services shall expire when the requested duration elapses, +independently of the new or old value of the clock. .RE .SH STANDARDS POSIX.1-2008. @@ -158,8 +159,8 @@ .SH HISTORY This special extension was removed in Linux 2.5.39, and is thus not available in Linux 2.6.0 and later kernels. .SH NOTES -If the interval specified in -.I req +If the +.I duration is not an exact multiple of the granularity underlying clock (see .BR time (7)), then the interval will be rounded up to the next multiple. -- 2.43.0
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