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[src/trunk]: src/share/man/man9 Wording.



details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/9ecb1baf0dfc
branches:  trunk
changeset: 823202:9ecb1baf0dfc
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 ad774ea73bf7 -r 9ecb1baf0dfc 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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