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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2014-10-17 06:54:58 +0200
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2015-02-27 14:43:38 +0100
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attributes.7: spfix [*]
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'man7')
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diff --git a/man7/attributes.7 b/man7/attributes.7
index d58f776290..e9e4edefa1 100644
--- a/man7/attributes.7
+++ b/man7/attributes.7
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ the result is a deadlock.
Functions annotated with
.I lock
-as an AC-Unsafe feature may, if cancelled asynchronously,
+as an AC-Unsafe feature may, if canceled asynchronously,
fail to release a lock that would have been released if their execution
had not been interrupted by asynchronous thread cancellation.
Once a lock is left taken, attempts to take that lock will block indefinitely.
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ The identifier that follows the
.I const
mark will appear by itself as a safety note in readers.
Programs that wish to work around this safety issue,
-so as to call writers, may use a non-recursve
+so as to call writers, may use a non-recursive
.I rwlock
associated with the identifier, and guard
.I all
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ Functions marked with
.I term
as an AC-Safety issue are supposed to
restore terminal settings to their original state,
-after temporarily changing them, but they may fail to do so if cancelled.
+after temporarily changing them, but they may fail to do so if canceled.
.\" fixme: at least deferred cancellation should get it right, and would
.\" obviate the restoring bit below, and the qualifier above.