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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2017-09-12 15:26:44 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2017-09-13 16:47:31 +0200 |
| commit | a9e45d242343552c4a99b02c80c0ea55118a11df (patch) | |
| tree | 1faf984b7eddb3cd3a2144da5e80c669ce59a085 /man3/pthread_mutex_consistent.3 | |
| parent | f49ed5cd389b4f4398d28ed1358aa95b113468d7 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-a9e45d242343552c4a99b02c80c0ea55118a11df.tar.gz | |
pthread_mutex_consistent.3: wfix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'man3/pthread_mutex_consistent.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | man3/pthread_mutex_consistent.3 | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man3/pthread_mutex_consistent.3 b/man3/pthread_mutex_consistent.3 index 77f373a7e1..43f0f1cd19 100644 --- a/man3/pthread_mutex_consistent.3 +++ b/man3/pthread_mutex_consistent.3 @@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L .RE .ad .SH DESCRIPTION -This function makes a robust mutex consistent if it is in a inconsistent +This function makes a robust mutex consistent if it is in an inconsistent state. -A mutex can be left in a inconsistent state if its owner terminates +A mutex can be left in an inconsistent state if its owner terminates while holding the mutex, in which case the next owner who acquires the mutex will succeed and be notified by the return value of .BR EOWNERDEAD . @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Otherwise, an error value is returned to indicate the error. .SH ERRORS .TP .B EINVAL -The mutex is either not robust or it is not in a inconsistent state. +The mutex is either not robust or is not in an inconsistent state. .SH VERSIONS .BR pthread_mutex_consistent () was added to glibc in version 2.12. |