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  2. DOCS-2344

serverStatus "globalLock" docs are misleading

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      Regarding http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/command/serverStatus/#server-status-global-lock

      1. We could do a better job making clear that despite having "globalLock" in the section name, most of the metrics contained are not limited to our global lock. For example, the globalLock.currentQueue metrics provide total clients waiting on any lock, database or global. As MongoDB has received criticism in the past for having a global lock (which is no longer the case in 2.2+) we should look to clarify where possible.
      2. We describe the globalLock sections with "The globalLock data structure contains information regarding the database’s current lock state, ...". We should not use the word "database" to describe a mongod instance as this could be interpreted to mean statistics on a database contained within mongod.

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            james.wahlin@mongodb.com James Wahlin
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