small improvement for futex.2

small improvement for futex.2

[Yuri Kozlov]

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Hello.
futex.2 describe syscall with 6 arguments.

--- man-pages-git/man2/futex.2  2010-07-17 09:02:09.000000000 +0400
+++ /tmp/futex.2        2010-08-22 18:39:05.000000000 +0400
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
 Initial futex support was merged in Linux 2.5.7 but with different semantics
 from what was described above.
 A 4-argument system call with the semantics
-given here was introduced in Linux 2.5.40.
+was introduced in Linux 2.5.40.
 In Linux 2.5.70 one argument
 was added.
 In Linux 2.6.7 a sixth argument was added \(em messy, especially

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Best Regards,
Yuri Kozlov


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--- man-pages-git/man2/futex.2	2010-07-17 09:02:09.000000000 +0400
+++ /tmp/futex.2	2010-08-22 18:39:05.000000000 +0400
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
 Initial futex support was merged in Linux 2.5.7 but with different semantics
 from what was described above.
 A 4-argument system call with the semantics
-given here was introduced in Linux 2.5.40.
+was introduced in Linux 2.5.40.
 In Linux 2.5.70 one argument
 was added.
 In Linux 2.6.7 a sixth argument was added \(em messy, especially

Re: small improvement for futex.2

[Michael Kerrisk]

Hello Yuri,

On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Yuri Kozlov <yuray-YPGtXv8QU+00kPtPmH8OGQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hello.
> futex.2 describe syscall with 6 arguments.
>
> --- man-pages-git/man2/futex.2  2010-07-17 09:02:09.000000000 +0400
> +++ /tmp/futex.2        2010-08-22 18:39:05.000000000 +0400
> @@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
>  Initial futex support was merged in Linux 2.5.7 but with different semantics
>  from what was described above.
>  A 4-argument system call with the semantics
> -given here was introduced in Linux 2.5.40.
> +was introduced in Linux 2.5.40.
>  In Linux 2.5.70 one argument
>  was added.
>  In Linux 2.6.7 a sixth argument was added \(em messy, especially

This change would lose some of the meaning of the sentence. I instead
changed "given here" to "described in this page" (for 3.26).

Thanks,

Michael
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