Author: bjk (doc committer) Date: Sun Nov 18 22:52:17 2012 New Revision: 243251 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/243251
Log: Improve grammar. Approved by: hrs (mentor) Modified: head/share/man/man9/sleep.9 Modified: head/share/man/man9/sleep.9 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man9/sleep.9 Sun Nov 18 22:03:31 2012 (r243250) +++ head/share/man/man9/sleep.9 Sun Nov 18 22:52:17 2012 (r243251) @@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ If .Fa priority includes the .Dv PCATCH -flag, signals are checked before and after sleeping, otherwise signals are +flag, pending +signals are checked before and after sleeping, otherwise signals are not checked. If .Dv PCATCH @@ -114,17 +115,18 @@ possible, and is returned if the system call should be interrupted by the signal (return .Er EINTR ) . -If +If the .Dv PBDRY flag is specified in addition to .Dv PCATCH , -then the sleeping thread is not stopped while sleeping upon delivery of +then the sleeping thread is not stopped upon delivery of .Dv SIGSTOP -or other stop action. -Instead, it is waken up, assuming that stop occurs on reaching a stop +or other stop action while it is sleeping. +Instead, it is woken up, with the assumption +that the stop will occur on reaching a stop point when returning to usermode. -The flag should be used when sleeping thread owns resources, for instance -vnode locks, that should be freed timely. +The flag should be used when the sleeping thread owns resources, for instance +vnode locks, that should be released in a timely fashion. .Pp The parameter .Fa wmesg _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
