[PATCH] usleep.3: usleep suspends calling thread, not process

[PATCH] usleep.3: usleep suspends calling thread, not process

[Petr Uzel]

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Signed-off-by: Petr Uzel <petr.uzel-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>
---
 man3/usleep.3 |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man3/usleep.3 b/man3/usleep.3
index b4b70bc..79d89a8 100644
--- a/man3/usleep.3
+++ b/man3/usleep.3
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ _XOPEN_SOURCE\ &&\ _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .BR usleep ()
-function suspends execution of the calling process for
+function suspends execution of the calling thread for
 (at least) \fIusec\fP microseconds.
 The sleep may be lengthened slightly
 by any system activity or by the time spent processing the call or by the
-- 
1.7.1


Petr

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Petr Uzel
IRC: ptr_uzl @ freenode

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Re: [PATCH] usleep.3: usleep suspends calling thread, not process

[Michael Kerrisk]

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Petr Uzel <petr.uzel-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Petr Uzel <petr.uzel-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>

Thanks Petr. Applied for 3.22.

Cheers,

Michael


> ---
>  man3/usleep.3 |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/man3/usleep.3 b/man3/usleep.3
> index b4b70bc..79d89a8 100644
> --- a/man3/usleep.3
> +++ b/man3/usleep.3
> @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ _XOPEN_SOURCE\ &&\ _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED
>  .SH DESCRIPTION
>  The
>  .BR usleep ()
> -function suspends execution of the calling process for
> +function suspends execution of the calling thread for
>  (at least) \fIusec\fP microseconds.
>  The sleep may be lengthened slightly
>  by any system activity or by the time spent processing the call or by the
> --
> 1.7.1
>
>
> Petr
>
> --
> Petr Uzel
> IRC: ptr_uzl @ freenode
>



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Michael Kerrisk
Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
Author of "The Linux Programming Interface"; http://man7.org/tlpi/
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