Module Name: src
Committed By: wiz
Date: Sun Apr 16 07:05:24 UTC 2017
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man9: locking.9
Log Message:
Wording.
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diff -u src/share/man/man9/locking.9:1.4 src/share/man/man9/locking.9:1.5
--- src/share/man/man9/locking.9:1.4 Sat Apr 15 18:00:32 2017
+++ src/share/man/man9/locking.9 Sun Apr 16 07:05:24 2017
@@ -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 @@ kernel:
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 @@ The main differences between processes a
.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.
