Module Name: src
Committed By: jruoho
Date: Thu Jul 8 20:59:43 UTC 2010
Modified Files:
src/lib/libpthread: pthread_barrier.3
Log Message:
Split long lines, .Dv NULL, note pthread_barrierattr_init(3).
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Index: src/lib/libpthread/pthread_barrier.3
diff -u src/lib/libpthread/pthread_barrier.3:1.1 src/lib/libpthread/pthread_barrier.3:1.2
--- src/lib/libpthread/pthread_barrier.3:1.1 Thu Jul 8 19:20:16 2010
+++ src/lib/libpthread/pthread_barrier.3 Thu Jul 8 20:59:43 2010
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: pthread_barrier.3,v 1.1 2010/07/08 19:20:16 rmind Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: pthread_barrier.3,v 1.2 2010/07/08 20:59:43 jruoho Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2002, 2010 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -46,16 +46,23 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn pthread_barrier_init
-function creates a new barrier, with attributes specified with
+function creates a new barrier with attributes
.Fa attr
and
.Fa count .
The
.Fa count
-parameter indicates the number of threads which will participate in the barrier.
+parameter indicates the number of threads
+which will participate in the barrier.
+The
+.Xr pthread_barrierattr_init 3
+function may be used to specify the attributes supplied in
+.Fa attr .
If
.Fa attr
-is NULL the default attributes are used.
+is
+.Dv NULL ,
+the default attributes are used.
Barriers are most commonly used in the decomposition of parallel loops.
.Pp
.\" -----
