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| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man9/Makefile | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man9/sleep.9 | 14 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man9/Makefile b/share/man/man9/Makefile index 25c757d..9e30271 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/Makefile +++ b/share/man/man9/Makefile @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $Id: Makefile,v 1.28 1997/03/22 22:21:36 mpp Exp $ +# $Id: Makefile,v 1.29 1997/03/22 23:50:19 mpp Exp $ MAN9= MD5.9 at_shutdown.9 at_fork.9 at_exit.9 boot.9 cd.9 copy.9 \ devfs_add_devswf.9 \ @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ MLINKS+= malloc.9 free.9 malloc.9 MALLOC.9 malloc.9 FREE.9 MLINKS+= mi_switch.9 cpu_switch.9 MLINKS+= psignal.9 pgsignal.9 psignal.9 gsignal.9 MLINKS+= rtalloc.9 rtalloc_ign.9 rtalloc.9 rtalloc1.9 -MLINKS+= sleep.9 tsleep.9 sleep.9 wakeup.9 +MLINKS+= sleep.9 tsleep.9 sleep.9 wakeup.9 sleep.9 wakeup_one.9 MLINKS+= spl.9 splbio.9 spl.9 splclock.9 spl.9 splhigh.9 spl.9 splimp.9 MLINKS+= spl.9 splnet.9 spl.9 splsoftclock.9 spl.9 splsofttty.9 MLINKS+= spl.9 splstatclock.9 spl.9 spltty.9 spl.9 splvm.9 diff --git a/share/man/man9/sleep.9 b/share/man/man9/sleep.9 index 0cb1ceb..9c912f0 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/sleep.9 +++ b/share/man/man9/sleep.9 @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $Id$ +.\" $Id: sleep.9,v 1.7 1997/02/22 13:26:26 peter Exp $ .\" " .Dd April 3, 1996 .Os @@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ .Fn tsleep "void *ident" "int priority" "char *wmesg" "int timo" .Ft void .Fn wakeup "void *ident" +.Ft void +.Fn wakeup_one "void *ident" .Ft int .Fn sleep "void *ident" "int priority" .Sh DESCRIPTION @@ -69,6 +71,16 @@ is a string describing the sleep condition for tools like Due to the limited space of those programs to display arbitrary strings, this message should not be longer than 6 characters. .Pp +The +.Fn wakeup_one +function is used to make the first process in the queue that is +sleeping on the parameter +.Fa ident +runnable. This can prevent the system from becoming saturated +when a large number of processes are sleeping on the same address, +but only one of them can actually do any useful work when made +runnable. +.Pp .Nm Tsleep is the general sleep call. Suspends the current process until a wakeup is performed on the specified identifier. The process will then be made |
