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Author: jhb
Date: Wed Jun  6 13:35:30 2012
New Revision: 236680
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/236680

Log:
  Use the defined terms "readers" and "writers" to simplify some text.

Modified:
  head/share/man/man9/rwlock.9

Modified: head/share/man/man9/rwlock.9
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man9/rwlock.9	Wed Jun  6 12:45:48 2012	(r236679)
+++ head/share/man/man9/rwlock.9	Wed Jun  6 13:35:30 2012	(r236680)
@@ -114,12 +114,10 @@ cannot be held while sleeping.
 The
 .Nm
 locks have priority propagation like mutexes, but priority
-can be propagated only to an exclusive holder.
-This limitation comes from the fact that shared owners
+can be propagated only to writers.
+This limitation comes from the fact that readers
 are anonymous.
-Another important property is that shared holders of
-.Nm
-can recurse,
+Another important property is that readers can always recurse,
 and exclusive locks can be made recursive selectively.
 .Ss Macros and Functions
 .Bl -tag -width indent