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| author | Ted Unangst <tedu@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2007-12-09 00:58:29 +0000 |
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| committer | Ted Unangst <tedu@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2007-12-09 00:58:29 +0000 |
| commit | 05c709affcf84d2eb4a16b5ef65a46a72f4264ec (patch) | |
| tree | ca3848f5ccb7bb157ddc065b6f909a01c555f26e /share | |
| parent | a97fecd5c075b793e76741901a7bb03dc771b15e (diff) | |
clarify that mtx_enter will only raise the ipl if necessary (not
arbitrarily set it).
noticed by deraadt
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man9/mutex.9 | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man9/mutex.9 b/share/man/man9/mutex.9 index 2a1ffd39dbd..5df3ff59e81 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/mutex.9 +++ b/share/man/man9/mutex.9 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: mutex.9,v 1.4 2007/05/31 19:20:00 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: mutex.9,v 1.5 2007/12/09 00:58:28 tedu Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2005 Pedro Martelletto <pedro@openbsd.org> .\" All rights reserved. @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: December 9 2007 $ .Dt MUTEX 9 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -42,9 +42,10 @@ The .Fn mtx_init function is used to initiate the mutex pointed to by .Fa mtxp . -When acquired, the mutex will cause the processor interrupt level to be changed +When acquired, the mutex will cause the processor interrupt level to be raised to -.Fa wantipl . +.Fa wantipl +if necessary. .Pp The .Fn mtx_enter |