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sched.7: Minor wording fix
authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Sun, 27 Nov 2016 14:02:53 +0000 (15:02 +0100)
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Sun, 27 Nov 2016 14:02:53 +0000 (15:02 +0100)
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
man7/sched.7

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@@ -542,8 +542,8 @@ A nonblocking infinite loop in a thread scheduled under the
 .BR SCHED_RR ,
 or
 .BR SCHED_DEADLINE
-policy will block all threads with lower
-priority forever.
+policy can potentially block all other threads from accessing
+the CPU forever.
 Prior to Linux 2.6.25, the only way of preventing a runaway real-time
 process from freezing the system was to run (at the console)
 a shell scheduled under a higher static priority than the tested application.