Module Name: src
Committed By: dholland
Date: Thu Apr 7 06:21:48 UTC 2016
Modified Files:
src/lib/libpthread: pthread_attr_getguardsize.3
Log Message:
_SC_PAGESIZE is not the page size; it's a symbolic code for retrieving
the page size.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.2 -r1.3 src/lib/libpthread/pthread_attr_getguardsize.3
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Modified files:
Index: src/lib/libpthread/pthread_attr_getguardsize.3
diff -u src/lib/libpthread/pthread_attr_getguardsize.3:1.2 src/lib/libpthread/pthread_attr_getguardsize.3:1.3
--- src/lib/libpthread/pthread_attr_getguardsize.3:1.2 Thu Jul 8 18:24:34 2010
+++ src/lib/libpthread/pthread_attr_getguardsize.3 Thu Apr 7 06:21:48 2016
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: pthread_attr_getguardsize.3,v 1.2 2010/07/08 18:24:34 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: pthread_attr_getguardsize.3,v 1.3 2016/04/07 06:21:48 dholland Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2010 Jukka Ruohonen <jruoho...@iki.fi>
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -66,9 +66,12 @@ In
.Nx
the default
.Fa guardsize
-is
-.Dv _SC_PAGESIZE ,
-the system page size.
+is the system page size.
+(This value is often 4096 bytes but varies on some ports; the
+precise value can be retrieved by using
+.Xr sysconf 3
+with
+.Dv _SC_PAGESIZE . )
.Pp
The rationale behind
.Fa guardsize
