From fd3fa7efa596b5bd49fd4320d7aba2c2d61eddc2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:21:27 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] futex.2: Minor wording changes Reported-by: Yuri Kozlov Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man2/futex.2 | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/futex.2 b/man2/futex.2 index d9027a502..6d8e999d6 100644 --- a/man2/futex.2 +++ b/man2/futex.2 @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ .\" 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