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authorAdam Stevko <adam.stevko@gmail.com>2015-07-25 22:00:35 +0200
committerRobert Mustacchi <rm@joyent.com>2015-09-29 14:35:40 -0700
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5036 taskq(9f): Typos in the man page
Reviewed by: Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> Reviewed by: Marcel Telka <marcel@telka.sk> Approved by: Robert Mustacchi <rm@joyent.com>
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-rw-r--r--usr/src/man/man9f/taskq.9f14
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/usr/src/man/man9f/taskq.9f b/usr/src/man/man9f/taskq.9f
index 1426fb491e..b6017e75a6 100644
--- a/usr/src/man/man9f/taskq.9f
+++ b/usr/src/man/man9f/taskq.9f
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
.\" The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the Common Development and Distribution License (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
.\" You can obtain a copy of the license at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE or http://www.opensolaris.org/os/licensing. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
.\" When distributing Covered Code, include this CDDL HEADER in each file and include the License file at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE. If applicable, add the following below this CDDL HEADER, with the fields enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with your own identifying information: Portions Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]
-.TH TASKQ 9F "Mar 1, 2005"
+.TH TASKQ 9F "Jul 25, 2015"
.SH NAME
taskq, ddi_taskq_create, ddi_taskq_destroy, ddi_taskq_dispatch, ddi_taskq_wait,
ddi_taskq_suspend, taskq_suspended, ddi_taskq_resume \- Kernel task queue
@@ -50,11 +50,9 @@ operations
.fi
.SH INTERFACE LEVEL
-.sp
.LP
Solaris DDI specific (Solaris DDI)
.SH PARAMETERS
-.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fIdip\fR\fR
@@ -168,7 +166,6 @@ Pointer to a thread structure.
.RE
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.sp
.LP
A kernel task queue is a mechanism for general-purpose asynchronous task
scheduling that enables tasks to be performed at a later time by another
@@ -187,7 +184,7 @@ You have a task that may require grabbing locks that a thread already holds.
.RS +4
.TP
3.
-You have a task that needs to block (for example, to wait for memory), but a
+You have a task that needs to block (for example, to wait for memory), but you
have a thread that cannot block in its current context.
.RE
.RS +4
@@ -208,9 +205,8 @@ A task queue consists of a list of tasks, together with one or more threads to
service the list. If a task queue has a single service thread, all tasks are
guaranteed to execute in the order they were dispatched. Otherwise they can be
executed in any order. Note that since tasks are placed on a list, execution of
-one task and should not depend on the execution of another task or a deadlock
-may occur. A \fBtaskq\fR created with a single servicing thread guarantees that
-all the tasks are serviced in the order in which they are scheduled.
+one task should not depend on the execution of another task or a deadlock
+may occur.
.sp
.LP
The \fBddi_taskq_create()\fR function creates a task queue instance.
@@ -248,7 +244,6 @@ queue is suspended.
.LP
The \fBddi_taskq_resume()\fR function resumes task queue execution.
.SH RETURN VALUES
-.sp
.LP
The \fBddi_taskq_create()\fR function creates an opaque handle that is used for
all other \fBtaskq\fR operations. It returns a \fBtaskq\fR pointer on success
@@ -262,7 +257,6 @@ dispatch a task and returns \fBDDI_SUCCESS\fR if dispatch succeeded.
The \fBddi_taskq_suspended()\fR function returns \fBB_TRUE\fR if \fBtaskq\fR is
suspended. Otherwise \fBB_FALSE\fR is returned.
.SH CONTEXT
-.sp
.LP
All functions may be called from the user or kernel contexts.
.sp