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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2016-03-03 08:55:49 +0100
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2016-03-03 08:55:49 +0100
commit9b4a382a794db2aab361ee54fe01ec6596d4a5c2 (patch)
tree0549f85f7adbb0cd7dd2889fdc1c80abb4f4abf1
parentcd65c2b1ebcbc3cdd8e79bf7e9fdc214074b31f4 (diff)
downloadman-pages-9b4a382a794db2aab361ee54fe01ec6596d4a5c2.tar.gz
svipc.7: Tweak description of 'sempid'
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
-rw-r--r--man7/svipc.76
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man7/svipc.7 b/man7/svipc.7
index 00a97bc274..f98f39d035 100644
--- a/man7/svipc.7
+++ b/man7/svipc.7
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ containing the following members:
struct sem {
int semval; /* semaphore value */
- int sempid; /* PID for last operation */
+ int sempid; /* PID of process that last modified */
.\" unsigned short semncnt; /* nr awaiting semval to increase */
.\" unsigned short semzcnt; /* nr awaiting semval = 0 */
};
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ struct sem {
Semaphore value: a nonnegative integer.
.TP
.I sempid
-ID of the last process that performed a semaphore operation
-on this semaphore.
+PID of the last process that modified the value of
+this semaphore.
.\".TP
.\".I semncnt
.\"Number of processes suspended awaiting for