Module Name: src
Committed By: jruoho
Date: Mon May 17 12:16:43 UTC 2010
Modified Files:
src/lib/libc/sys: fcntl.2
Log Message:
Add subtitle. Break long paragraph.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.36 -r1.37 src/lib/libc/sys/fcntl.2
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Modified files:
Index: src/lib/libc/sys/fcntl.2
diff -u src/lib/libc/sys/fcntl.2:1.36 src/lib/libc/sys/fcntl.2:1.37
--- src/lib/libc/sys/fcntl.2:1.36 Wed Jun 3 09:03:24 2009
+++ src/lib/libc/sys/fcntl.2 Mon May 17 12:16:43 2010
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: fcntl.2,v 1.36 2009/06/03 09:03:24 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: fcntl.2,v 1.37 2010/05/17 12:16:43 jruoho Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)fcntl.2 8.2 (Berkeley) 1/12/94
.\"
-.Dd June 1, 2009
+.Dd May 17, 2010
.Dt FCNTL 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
request fails or blocks respectively when another process has existing
locks on bytes in the specified region and the type of any of those
locks conflicts with the type specified in the request.
-.Pp
+.Sh COMPATIBILITY
This interface follows the completely stupid semantics of
.At V
and
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@
The database close will release all locks that the process has
associated with the database, even if the library routine never
requested a lock on the database.
+.Pp
Another minor semantic problem with this interface is that
locks are not inherited by a child process created using the
.Xr fork 2
