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

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@ -114,12 +114,10 @@ cannot be held while sleeping.
The The
.Nm .Nm
locks have priority propagation like mutexes, but priority locks have priority propagation like mutexes, but priority
can be propagated only to an exclusive holder. can be propagated only to writers.
This limitation comes from the fact that shared owners This limitation comes from the fact that readers
are anonymous. are anonymous.
Another important property is that shared holders of Another important property is that readers can always recurse,
.Nm
can recurse,
and exclusive locks can be made recursive selectively. and exclusive locks can be made recursive selectively.
.Ss Macros and Functions .Ss Macros and Functions
.Bl -tag -width indent .Bl -tag -width indent