X-Git-Url: http://repo.macrolet.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fmanual%2Fthreading.texinfo;h=f8f77da870eff731b39be98a69191b571e66f4a7;hb=bcd323c39d6f5f80020ba4a5d9eb8d348c6cc499;hp=7365510a3d9fea47098ed8cb3776e2207f63a1a4;hpb=af3fdb98f2b8718dbb69eba5db56dee369b142c7;p=sbcl.git diff --git a/doc/manual/threading.texinfo b/doc/manual/threading.texinfo index 7365510..f8f77da 100644 --- a/doc/manual/threading.texinfo +++ b/doc/manual/threading.texinfo @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ lockless algorithms. 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}, @@ -139,10 +139,6 @@ thread is allowed to hold the mutex, others which attempt to take it 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")) @@ -162,21 +158,23 @@ if you want a bounded wait. @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 @@ -211,7 +209,7 @@ There are three components: 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 @@ -295,7 +293,7 @@ and @code{sb-ext:atomic-pop}. @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