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| author | cheloha <cheloha@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2019-06-27 18:11:54 +0000 |
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| committer | cheloha <cheloha@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2019-06-27 18:11:54 +0000 |
| commit | d85d894112f4eac57ecd5967ad362e409de21f57 (patch) | |
| tree | fa46e114cb8a803c350d11e78a733dee2e23497a /share/man | |
| parent | 484c6e8d609ee892d62f61b12763f766f391f983 (diff) | |
DESCRIPTION: Be more direct about what delay(9) actually does.
While here, "delay" -> "interval", "busy wait" -> "busy-wait".
With input from jmc@.
"no objections" schwarze@, "reads ok" jmc@, ok ratchov@ kn@
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man9/delay.9 | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man9/delay.9 b/share/man/man9/delay.9 index e5cd7be0e2f..b54f33f1afd 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/delay.9 +++ b/share/man/man9/delay.9 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: delay.9,v 1.4 2007/09/14 16:16:08 mk Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: delay.9,v 1.5 2019/06/27 18:11:53 cheloha Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2006 David Gwynne <dlg@openbsd.org> .\" @@ -14,22 +14,22 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: September 14 2007 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: June 27 2019 $ .Dt DELAY 9 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm delay -.Nd busy wait for an interval +.Nd busy-wait for an interval .Sh SYNOPSIS .In sys/param.h .Ft void -.Fn delay "int delay" +.Fn delay "int interval" .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Fn delay -is called in the kernel to busy wait for a period of time. The -.Fa delay -argument specifies the period of time to wait for, in microseconds. +.Fn delay +function busy-waits for at least +.Fa interval +microseconds. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr timeout 9 , .Xr tsleep 9 |