man pthread

[Gavin Atkinson]

On Mon, 11 Aug 2014, John Baldwin wrote:
> 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.

Thanks for the review, committed as r269871 and will merge in a week.

Gavin