0.8.13.75: MORE MANUALS

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

diff --git a/doc/internals-notes/threading-specials b/doc/internals-notes/threading-specials
index aad7915..ff04e16 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/internals-notes/threading-specials
+++ b/doc/internals-notes/threading-specials
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ The goals are
         spots.  Global state in closures, etc etc
            
        (4) suggest strategies (e.g. rewrites of affected code, suitable
-       locks and lock acquitision/release places) to fix the issues
+       locks and lock acquisition/release places) to fix the issues
        revealed in (2) and (3)
        
        (5) implement same
@@ -599,6 +599,10 @@ Note that the compiler and fasloader are strongly believed not to be
 thread-safe, so there is currently a big lock (*big-compiler-lock*)
 around all calls to the compiler or fasloader
 
+Note that INFO functions use a shared cache for the globaldb, and
+don't lock for cache invalidation. This will need fixing when BCL is
+removed.
+
 *COMPILE-FILE-PATHNAME*  
 *COMPILE-FILE-TRUENAME* 
 *COMPILE-PRINT* 
@@ -1044,7 +1048,7 @@ SB-IMPL::*CLOSE-IN-PARENT*
 SB-IMPL::*IN-COMPILATION-UNIT*
 SB-IMPL::*CIRCULARITY-HASH-TABLE* 
 SB-IMPL::*LOAD-PRINT-STUFF*
-SB-IMPL::*ZAP-ARRAY-DATA-TEMP* 
+SB-IMPL::*ZAP-ARRAY-DATA-TEMP*       ; FIXME: ADJUST-ARRAY non-threadsafe
 SB-IMPL::*ACTIVE-PROCESSES* 
 SB-IMPL::*SHARP-SHARP-ALIST*     
 SB-IMPL::*BASE-POWER* 
@@ -1053,7 +1057,7 @@ SB-IMPL::*AVAILABLE-BUFFERS*
 SB-IMPL::*BQ-DOT-FLAG*                          ; readonly
 SB-IMPL::*CIRCULARITY-COUNTER* 
 SB-IMPL::*DIGITS* 
-SB-IMPL::*PREVIOUS-READTABLE-CASE* 
+SB-IMPL::*PREVIOUS-READTABLE-CASE* ; FIXME: printer not threadsafe
 SB-IMPL::*BQ-VECTOR-FLAG*                       ; readonly
 SB-IMPL::*ABBREV-WEEKDAY-TABLE* 
 SB-IMPL::*LOGICAL-HOSTS* 
@@ -1066,7 +1070,7 @@ SB-IMPL::*VALID-FUN-NAMES-ALIST*
 SB-IMPL::*PERIODIC-POLLING-FUNCTION* 
 SB-IMPL::*ABORTED-COMPILATION-UNIT-COUNT*
 SB-IMPL::*LONG-WEEKDAY-TABLE* 
-SB-IMPL::*INTERNAL-SYMBOL-OUTPUT-FUN* 
+SB-IMPL::*INTERNAL-SYMBOL-OUTPUT-FUN* ; FIXME: printer not threadsafe
 SB-IMPL::*BACKQUOTE-COUNT*                      ; bound
 SB-IMPL::*DIGIT-BASES* 
 SB-IMPL::*PREVIOUS-DRIBBLE-STREAMS* 
@@ -1083,7 +1087,7 @@ SB-IMPL::*MACHINE-VERSION*   ; unset/unbound ?  are we using this?
 SB-IMPL::*IGNORE-WILDCARDS* 
 SB-IMPL::*INCH-PTR* 
 SB-IMPL::*SHARP-EQUAL-ALIST* 
-SB-IMPL::*PREVIOUS-CASE* 
+SB-IMPL::*PREVIOUS-CASE* ; FIXME: printer not threadsafe
 
 *INLINE-EXPANSION-LIMIT* 
 *DERIVE-FUNCTION-TYPES* 
@@ -1098,9 +1102,6 @@ SB-IMPL::*PREVIOUS-CASE*
 *MACROEXPAND-HOOK* 
 *RANDOM-STATE* 
 
-SB-BIGNUM::*TRUNCATE-Y*
-SB-BIGNUM::*TRUNCATE-X*
-
 SB-INT:*CL-PACKAGE*                     ; readonly
 SB-INT:*KEYWORD-PACKAGE*                ; readonly
 SB-INT:*SETF-FDEFINITION-HOOK*