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author | hmp <hmp@FreeBSD.org> | 2007-11-10 06:04:46 +0000 |
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committer | hmp <hmp@FreeBSD.org> | 2007-11-10 06:04:46 +0000 |
commit | 852b0453f41ed1efb8ccc1f4d6e4096319bc9802 (patch) | |
tree | 0436a4129d08c76c486bd577b54ff860e1b22eff /share/man/man9/rmlock.9 | |
parent | f76ef1b7bf122f4e47b0b0c9ef293f7a19df6498 (diff) | |
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Clean up the rmlock(9) manual page:
* Correct spelling and grammar
* Re-structure sentences in BUGS section for legibility
* Break long lines appropriately
* Break lines at full stops
* Add mdoc(9) commands where applicable
* Remove superfluous .Ft in the SYNOPSIS section
* Various other mdoc(9) fixes
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diff --git a/share/man/man9/rmlock.9 b/share/man/man9/rmlock.9 index c088f64..98b4a6e 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/rmlock.9 +++ b/share/man/man9/rmlock.9 @@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ .Fn rm_runlock "struct rmlock *rm" "struct rm_priotracker* tracker" .Ft void .Fn rm_wunlock "struct rmlock *rm" -.Ft int - .In sys/kernel.h .Fn RM_SYSINIT "name" "struct rmlock *rm" "const char *desc" "int opts" .Sh DESCRIPTION @@ -70,9 +68,11 @@ A thread with exclusive access is known as a .Em writer since it can modify protected data. .Pp -Read mostly locks are designed to be efficient for locks allmost exclusively used as reader -locks and as such should be used for protecting data that rarely changes. -Acquiring an exclusive lock after the lock had been locked for shared access is an expensive operation. +Read mostly locks are designed to be efficient for locks almost exclusively +used as reader locks and as such should be used for protecting data that +rarely changes. +Acquiring an exclusive lock after the lock had been locked for shared access +is an expensive operation. .Pp Although reader/writer locks look very similar to .Xr sx 9 @@ -89,20 +89,28 @@ can be locked while holding a non-spin mutex, and an cannot be held while sleeping. The .Nm -locks have full priority propagation like mutexes. The rm_priotracker structure argument supplied -in rmrlock and rmrunlock is used to keep track of the read owner(s). +locks have full priority propagation like mutexes. The +.Va rm_priotracker +structure argument supplied in +.Fn rm_rlock +and +.Fn rm_runlock +is used to keep track of the read owner(s). Another important property is that shared holders of .Nm -can recurse if the lock has been initialized with the LO_RECURSABLE option, -however exclusive locks are not allowed to recurse. +can recurse if the lock has been initialized with the +.Dv LO_RECURSABLE +option, however exclusive locks are not allowed to recurse. .Ss Macros and Functions .Bl -tag -width indent .It Fn rm_init "struct rmlock *rm" "const char *name" "int opts" Initialize structure located at .Fa rm -as mostly reader lock, described by name +as mostly reader lock, described by .Fa name . -Optioally allowing readers to recurse by setting LO_RECURSABLE in +Optionally allowing readers to recurse by setting +.Dv LO_RECURSABLE +in .Fa opts The name description is used solely for debugging purposes. This function must be called before any other operations @@ -113,12 +121,16 @@ Lock as a reader. Using .Fa tracker to track read owners of a lock for priority propagation. -This data structure is only used internally by rmlock and must persist -until rm_runlock has been called. This data structure can be allocated on the stack since +This data structure is only used internally by +.Nm +and must persist until rm_runlock has been called. +This data structure can be allocated on the stack since rmlocks cannot be held while sleeping. If any thread holds this lock exclusively, the current thread blocks, and its priority is propagated to the exclusive holder. -If the lock was initialized with the LO_RECURSABLE option the +If the lock was initialized with the +.Dv LO_RECURSABLE +option the .Fn rm_rlock function can be called when the thread has already acquired reader access on @@ -171,15 +183,22 @@ facility was written by .An "Stephan Uphoff" . This manual page was written by .An "Gleb Smirnoff" -for rwlock and modifed to reflect rmlock by +for rwlock and modified to reflect rmlock by .An "Stephan Uphoff" . .Sh BUGS -.Dv Uniprocessor Systems Optimization: -rmlock is not currently optimized for single processor systems - -.Dv Number of rmlocks in the system: -The rmlock implementation uses a single per cpu list shared by all rmlocks in the system. -If rmlocks become popular, hashing to multiple per cpu queues may be needed to speed up -the writer lock process. - -.Dv condvar: The rm lock can currently not be used as a lock argument for condition variable wait functions. +.Pp +The +.Nm +implementation is currently not optimized for single processor systems. +.Pp +The +.Nm +implementation uses a single per cpu list shared by all +rmlocks in the system. +If rmlocks become popular, hashing to multiple per cpu queues may +be needed to speed up the writer lock process. +.Pp +The +.Nm +can currently not be used as a lock argument for condition variable +wait functions. |