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pthread_setcancelstate.3, pthreads.7: srcfix: wrap source lines at sentence boundaries 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2019-10-05 14:40:52 +03:00
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man3/pthread_setcancelstate.3
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@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ A cancellation request is deferred until the thread next calls
a function that is a cancellation point (see
.BR pthreads (7)).
This is the default cancelability type in all new threads,
including the initial thread. Even with deferred cancellation a
including the initial thread.
Even with deferred cancellation a
cancellation point in an asynchronous signal handler may still
be acted upon and the effect is as-if it was an asynchronous
cancellation.

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man7/pthreads.7
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@ -569,9 +569,11 @@ any nonstandard function that may block as a cancellation point.
It should be noted that even if an application is not using
asynchronous cancellation, that calling a function from the above list
from an asynchronous signal handler may cause the equivalent of
asynchronous cancellation. The underlying user code may not expect
asynchronous cancellation.
The underlying user code may not expect
asynchronous cancellation and the state of the user data may become
inconsistent. Therefore signals should be used with caution when
inconsistent.
Therefore signals should be used with caution when
entering a region of deferred cancellation.
.\" So, scanning "cancellation point" comments in the glibc 2.8 header
.\" files, it looks as though at least the following nonstandard