1.0.20.34: Fix a minor bug in TIME.

[sbcl.git] / doc / internals-notes / threading-specials

diff --git a/doc/internals-notes/threading-specials b/doc/internals-notes/threading-specials
index aea00d3..73f5f06 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/internals-notes/threading-specials
+++ b/doc/internals-notes/threading-specials
@@ -15,13 +15,12 @@ The goals are
 
        When looking at a particular symbol, please annotate it in
        this file when you figure out what it's for and how it's
-       changed.  To give us some confidence that we have reasonable
-       coverage, please don't just delete it if it looks ok.  Symbols
+       changed. To give us some confidence that we have reasonable
+       coverage, please don't just delete it if it looks ok. Symbols
        shoud only be deleted here if they're obviously not specials
        at all (e.g. functions with * in their names), or if the same
-       commit actually rids SBCL of the symbol itself (as we may soon
-       do for e.g. SB-SYS:*TASK-SELF*).  Otherwise, just add a
-       comment saying "read-only" or "unused" or whatever.
+       commit actually rids SBCL of the symbol itself. Otherwise,
+       just add a comment saying "read-only" or "unused" or whatever.
 
        (3) anything else that comes to mind as potential trouble
         spots.  Global state in closures, etc etc
@@ -109,6 +108,9 @@ but sometimes it can be hard to tell...
 The most suspicious parts should probably be tested by asserting
 at various sites that the *PCL-LOCK* is held.
 
+accesses locked with a nice granularity
+   SB-PCL::*FIND-CLASS*
+
 read-only & safe:
    SB-PCL::*BUILT-IN-TYPEP-COST* 
    SB-PCL::*CACHE-EXPAND-THRESHOLD* 
@@ -132,6 +134,9 @@ bound & safe:
    SB-PCL::*PRECOMPILING-LAP* 
    SB-PCL::*CACHE-MISS-VALUES-STACK* 
 
+protected by PCL-LOCK:
+   SB-PCL::*PREVIOUS-NWRAPPERS* 
+
 believed protected by the compiler-lock:
    SB-PCL::*ALL-CTORS* 
    SB-PCL::*FGENS* 
@@ -148,7 +153,6 @@ potentially unsafe:
    SB-PCL::*PVS* 
    SB-PCL::*SLOT-NAME-LISTS-INNER* 
    SB-PCL::*SLOT-NAME-LISTS-OUTER* 
-   SB-PCL::*PREVIOUS-NWRAPPERS* 
 
 debugging / profiling -- low relevance:
    SB-PCL::*DFUN-COUNT* 
@@ -186,7 +190,6 @@ SB-PCL::*EMIT-FUNCTION-P*
 SB-PCL::*ENABLE-DFUN-CONSTRUCTOR-CACHING* 
 SB-PCL::*ENABLE-EMF-CALL-TRACING-P* 
 SB-PCL::*EQL-SPECIALIZER-TABLE* 
-SB-PCL::*FIND-CLASS* 
 SB-PCL::*GLOBAL-EFFECTIVE-METHOD-GENSYMS* 
 SB-PCL::*IN-GF-ARG-INFO-P* 
 SB-PCL::*IN-PRECOMPUTE-EFFECTIVE-METHODS-P* 
@@ -414,7 +417,6 @@ SB-DEBUG::*DEBUG-LOOP-FUN*
 SB-DEBUG::*NESTED-DEBUG-CONDITION*
 SB-DEBUG::*STEP-BREAKPOINTS* 
 SB-DEBUG::*DEBUG-RESTARTS*
-SB-DEBUG::*CACHED-FORM-NUMBER-TRANSLATIONS*
 SB-DEBUG::*BREAKPOINTS* 
 SB-DEBUG::*TRACED-FUNS* 
 SB-DEBUG::*DEBUG-COMMANDS* 
@@ -431,7 +433,6 @@ SB-DI::*PARSING-BUFFER*
 SB-DI::*IR1-BLOCK-DEBUG-BLOCK* 
 SB-DI::*OTHER-PARSING-BUFFER* 
 SB-DI::*COMPILED-DEBUG-FUNS* 
-SB-DI::*FORM-NUMBER-TEMP* 
 SB-DI::*COMPONENT-BREAKPOINT-OFFSETS* 
 SB-DI::*FUN-END-COOKIES* 
 SB-DI::*FORM-NUMBER-CIRCULARITY-TABLE* 
@@ -909,15 +910,6 @@ SB-KERNEL::*BUILT-IN-CLASSES*
 
 = dead stuff
 
-SB-SYS:*TASK-NOTIFY*    ; unused
-SB-SYS:*TASK-SELF*      ; unused
-SB-SYS:*TASK-DATA*      ; unused
-SB-SYS:*TYPESCRIPTPORT* ' unused
-SB-THREAD::*FOREGROUND-THREAD-STACK*    ; unused, I think
-
-
-
-
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 = unclassified