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[src/trunk]: src/share/man/man9 Wording.
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/0afaaf2d6e67
branches: trunk
changeset: 352951:0afaaf2d6e67
user: wiz <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Sun Apr 16 07:05:24 2017 +0000
description:
Wording.
diffstat:
share/man/man9/locking.9 | 10 +++++-----
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diffs (42 lines):
diff -r c70b748a67f5 -r 0afaaf2d6e67 share/man/man9/locking.9
--- a/share/man/man9/locking.9 Sun Apr 16 06:36:03 2017 +0000
+++ b/share/man/man9/locking.9 Sun Apr 16 07:05:24 2017 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: locking.9,v 1.4 2017/04/15 18:00:32 sevan Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: locking.9,v 1.5 2017/04/16 07:05:24 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2015 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm locking
-.Nd introduction to the kernel synchronization and interrupt control
+.Nd introduction to kernel synchronization and interrupt control
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nx
@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@
and light-weight processes (represented by
.Dv struct lwp ,
also known as kernel threads).
-Code in this context can sleep, block resources and possess address-space.
+Code in this context can sleep, block resources and own address-space.
.It
.Em Software interrupt context
- limited by thread context.
Code in this context must be processed shortly.
-These interrupts don't possess any address space context.
+These interrupts don't own any address space context.
Software interrupts are a way of deferring hardware interrupts to do more
expensive processing at a lower interrupt priority.
.It
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
.It
A single process can own multiple kernel threads (LWPs).
.It
-A process possesses address space context to map userland address space.
+A process owns address space context to map userland address space.
.It
Processes are designed for userland executables and kernel threads for
in-kernel tasks.
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