git: 5357bd228fca - stable/12 - usleep(3): replace 'process' with 'calling thread'
Konstantin Belousov
kib at FreeBSD.org
Sun Feb 14 00:47:06 UTC 2021
The branch stable/12 has been updated by kib:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=5357bd228fca092453c0970ccb54fc08f5deb939
commit 5357bd228fca092453c0970ccb54fc08f5deb939
Author: Konstantin Belousov <kib at FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2021-02-11 03:49:25 +0000
Commit: Konstantin Belousov <kib at FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2021-02-14 00:46:42 +0000
usleep(3): replace 'process' with 'calling thread'
PR: 253395
(cherry picked from commit 4956af2a8f0d7723cb09c98e7f5295b156136f70)
---
lib/libc/gen/usleep.3 | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/usleep.3 b/lib/libc/gen/usleep.3
index b298380977ba..f6ed9e6bb52e 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/usleep.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/usleep.3
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@
.\" @(#)usleep.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd February 13, 1998
+.Dd February 11, 2021
.Dt USLEEP 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm usleep
-.Nd suspend process execution for an interval measured in microseconds
+.Nd suspend thread execution for an interval measured in microseconds
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn usleep
-function suspends execution of the calling process until either
+function suspends execution of the calling thread until either
.Fa microseconds
-microseconds have elapsed or a signal is delivered to the process and its
+microseconds have elapsed or a signal is delivered to the thread and its
action is to invoke a signal-catching function or to terminate the
process.
System activity may lengthen the sleep by an indeterminate amount.
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ function
will fail if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er EINTR
-A signal was delivered to the process and its
+A signal was delivered to the calling thread and its
action was to invoke a signal-catching function.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
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