Our @code{compare-and-swap} is user-extensible using a protocol
similar to @code{setf}, allowing users to add CAS support to new
-places via eg. @code{defcas}.
+places via e.g. @code{defcas}.
At the same time, new atomic operations can be built on top of CAS
using @code{get-cas-expansion}. See @code{atomic-update},
will be made to wait until it's free. Threads are woken in the order
that they go to sleep.
-There isn't a timeout on mutex acquisition, but the usual WITH-TIMEOUT
-macro (which throws a TIMEOUT condition after n seconds) can be used
-if you want a bounded wait.
-
@lisp
(defpackage :demo (:use "CL" "SB-THREAD" "SB-EXT"))
@end lisp
@include struct-sb-thread-mutex.texinfo
+
+@include macro-sb-thread-with-mutex.texinfo
+@include macro-sb-thread-with-recursive-lock.texinfo
+
@include fun-sb-thread-make-mutex.texinfo
@include fun-sb-thread-mutex-name.texinfo
+@include fun-sb-thread-mutex-owner.texinfo
@include fun-sb-thread-mutex-value.texinfo
@include fun-sb-thread-grab-mutex.texinfo
@include fun-sb-thread-release-mutex.texinfo
-@include macro-sb-thread-with-mutex.texinfo
-@include macro-sb-thread-with-recursive-lock.texinfo
-@include fun-sb-thread-get-mutex.texinfo
@node Semaphores
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@section Semaphores
Semaphores are among other things useful for keeping track of a
-countable resource, eg. messages in a queue, and sleep when the
+countable resource, e.g. messages in a queue, and sleep when the
resource is exhausted.
@include struct-sb-thread-semaphore.texinfo
the condition itself (not represented in code)
@item
-the condition variable (a.k.a waitqueue) which proxies for it
+the condition variable (a.k.a. waitqueue) which proxies for it
@item
a lock to hold while testing the condition
@item
@code{sb-ext:compare-and-swap}.
@item
-@code{sb-thread:get-mutex}, @code{sb-thread:release-mutex},
+@code{sb-thread:grab-mutex}, @code{sb-thread:release-mutex},
@code{sb-thread:with-mutex} and @code{sb-thread:with-recursive-lock}.
@item
@code{sb-thread:signal-semaphore}, @code{sb-thread:try-semaphore} and