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5036 taskq(9f): Typos in the man page
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-.TH TASKQ 9F "Mar 1, 2005"
+.TH TASKQ 9F "Jul 25, 2015"
.SH NAME
taskq, ddi_taskq_create, ddi_taskq_destroy, ddi_taskq_dispatch, ddi_taskq_wait,
ddi_taskq_suspend, taskq_suspended, ddi_taskq_resume \- Kernel task queue
operations
.SH SYNOPSIS
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You have a task that may require grabbing locks that a thread already holds.
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
3.
-You have a task that needs to block (for example, to wait for memory), but a
+You have a task that needs to block (for example, to wait for memory), but you
have a thread that cannot block in its current context.
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
4.
@@ -206,13 +206,12 @@
.LP
A task queue consists of a list of tasks, together with one or more threads to
service the list. If a task queue has a single service thread, all tasks are
guaranteed to execute in the order they were dispatched. Otherwise they can be
executed in any order. Note that since tasks are placed on a list, execution of
-one task and should not depend on the execution of another task or a deadlock
-may occur. A \fBtaskq\fR created with a single servicing thread guarantees that
-all the tasks are serviced in the order in which they are scheduled.
+one task should not depend on the execution of another task or a deadlock
+may occur.
.sp
.LP
The \fBddi_taskq_create()\fR function creates a task queue instance.
.sp
.LP