Subject: [PATCH] sleep.3: sleep suspends the thread, not the process. (Re: sleep(3) manpage)

[bill o gallmeister <bog.kernel-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

Petre Mierlutiu wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> the sleep(3) manpage states, under DESCRIPTION, that "sleep()  makes  the  calling  process sleep [...]". I believe this not to be true and the appropriate text would be: "sleep() makes the calling thread sleep [...]".
> 
>  I think in the past Linux did implement it so it would block the process, I am not sure.
> Anyway, sleep is currently implemented using nanosleep() and a simple threaded program can be written to prove sleep only sleeps the calling thread.
> 
> Manpages version: 3.21
> Distribution: ubuntu 9.10
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Petre Mierlutiu--
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Signed-off-by: Bill O. Gallmeister <bog.kernel-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
---
 man3/sleep.3 |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man3/sleep.3 b/man3/sleep.3
index 900b7fc..41575b7 100644
--- a/man3/sleep.3
+++ b/man3/sleep.3
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ sleep \- Sleep for the specified number of seconds
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .BR sleep ()
-makes the calling process sleep until
+makes the calling thread sleep until
 .I seconds
 seconds have elapsed or a signal arrives which is not ignored.
 .SH "RETURN VALUE"
@@ -58,5 +58,6 @@ from a signal handler or modifying the handling of
 while sleeping will cause undefined results.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR alarm (2),
+.BR nanosleep (2),
 .BR signal (2),
 .BR signal (7)
-- 
1.6.0.6
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