From 6be4bad7e05abb60d294e092ba3d8f4c7ba88813 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 08:22:31 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] futex.2: Note that 'op' argument consists of two parts: operation + options Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man2/futex.2 | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man2/futex.2 b/man2/futex.2 index 4e909265e..d0bb98e4b 100644 --- a/man2/futex.2 +++ b/man2/futex.2 @@ -107,7 +107,16 @@ The operation to execute is passed via the argument, along with a value .IR val . .PP -The following operations are currently defined: +The +.I op +argument consists of two parts: +a command that specifies the operation to be performed, +bit-wise ORed with zero or or more options that +modify the behaviour of the operation. +.PP +The operation specified in +.I op +is one of the following: .TP .B FUTEX_WAIT This operation atomically verifies that the futex address