man pthread

[John Baldwin]

On Sunday, July 27, 2014 7:00:13 pm Gavin Atkinson wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jul 2014, Malcolm Douglas wrote:
> > Sorry, not sure if this is the right way to handle this, but I saw a
> > doc error.
> > 
> > The pthread_cond_wait and pthread_cond_timedwait descriptions are
> > incorrect in man pthread.
> > 
> > The description is:
> > Wait for a condition and lock the specified mutex.
> > 
> > It should be:
> > Wait for a condition and unlock the specified mutex.
> 
> The current description is actually correct, but not clear.  How about:
> 
> pthread_cond_timedwait()
>    Unlock the specified mutex, wait no longer than the specified time for
>    a condition, and then relock the mutex.
> 
> pthread_cond_wait()
>    Unlock the specified mutex, wait for a condition, and relock the mutex.
> 
> Would that be better?

I believe it is, yes.

-- 
John Baldwin