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futex.2: Minor wording changes 

Reported-by: Yuri Kozlov <yuray@komyakino.ru>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk@konstanz.(none)>
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Michael Kerrisk 2010-08-29 06:21:27 +02:00
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.\" material in the kernel source file Documentation/pi-futex.txt.
.\" 2.6.25 adds FUTEX_WAKE_BITSET, FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET
.\"
.TH FUTEX 2 2010-05-22 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.TH FUTEX 2 2010-08-29 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
futex \- Fast Userspace Locking system call
.SH SYNOPSIS
@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ equal, the kernel maps them internally so the same memory mapped in
different locations will correspond for
.BR futex ()
calls).
It is typically used to
This system call is typically used to
implement the contended case of a lock in shared memory, as
described in
.BR futex (7).
@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ Invalid operation specified in
Initial futex support was merged in Linux 2.5.7 but with different semantics
from what was described above.
A 4-argument system call with the semantics
given here was introduced in Linux 2.5.40.
described in this page was introduced in Linux 2.5.40.
In Linux 2.5.70 one argument
was added.
In Linux 2.6.7 a sixth argument was added \(em messy, especially