git: 3c6f63902b03 - main - pthread_cond_wait.3: describe spurious wakeups

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URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3c6f63902b037e36648fae435d4d5f56f9dc389b

commit 3c6f63902b037e36648fae435d4d5f56f9dc389b
Author:     Konstantin Belousov <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: 2026-07-25 20:02:24 +0000
Commit:     Konstantin Belousov <[email protected]>
CommitDate: 2026-07-27 16:12:12 +0000

    pthread_cond_wait.3: describe spurious wakeups
    
    Reviewed by:    markc
    Sponsored by:   The FreeBSD Foundation
    MFC after:      1 week
    Differential revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D58458
---
 share/man/man3/pthread_cond_wait.3 | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/share/man/man3/pthread_cond_wait.3 b/share/man/man3/pthread_cond_wait.3
index c09e7aa68738..d26602c69cfc 100644
--- a/share/man/man3/pthread_cond_wait.3
+++ b/share/man/man3/pthread_cond_wait.3
@@ -45,13 +45,26 @@ variable specified by
 .Fa cond ,
 and releases the mutex specified by
 .Fa mutex .
-The waiting thread unblocks only after another thread calls
+The waiting thread unblocks after another thread calls
 .Xr pthread_cond_signal 3 ,
 or
 .Xr pthread_cond_broadcast 3
 with the same condition variable, and the current thread reacquires the lock
 on
 .Fa mutex .
+.Pp
+It is possible that the
+.Fn pthread_cond_wait
+function returns without corresponding wakeup from either
+.Fn pthread_cond_signal
+or
+.Fn pthread_cond_broadcast .
+Such condition is called spurious wakeup, and is allowed by
+.St -p1003.1-96 .
+Applications should have a boolean expression used for each wait
+on the condition variable, and recheck it after return from the
+.Fn pthread_cond_wait
+function.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 If successful, the
 .Fn pthread_cond_wait