Re: svn commit: r252346 - head/share/man/man9

2013-07-02 Thread Julian Elischer
On 7/3/13 12:00 AM, John Baldwin wrote: On 6/29/13 6:37 AM, Julian Elischer wrote: On 6/29/13 9:16 PM, Julian Elischer wrote: thanks! -If the owner is not currently actually running then the spin step is skipped. +then a thread attempting to acquire the mutex will spin rather than yielding +

Re: svn commit: r252346 - head/share/man/man9

2013-07-02 Thread John Baldwin
On 6/29/13 6:37 AM, Julian Elischer wrote: > On 6/29/13 9:16 PM, Julian Elischer wrote: >> thanks! >> >> >>> -If the owner is not currently actually running then the spin step is >>> skipped. >>> +then a thread attempting to acquire the mutex will spin rather than >>> yielding >>> +the processor. >

Re: svn commit: r252346 - head/share/man/man9

2013-06-30 Thread Julian Elischer
On 6/29/13 10:02 PM, Jilles Tjoelker wrote: On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 09:37:42PM +0800, Julian Elischer wrote: On 6/29/13 9:16 PM, Julian Elischer wrote: -If the owner is not currently actually running then the spin step is skipped. +then a thread attempting to acquire the mutex will spin rather

Re: svn commit: r252346 - head/share/man/man9

2013-06-29 Thread Jilles Tjoelker
On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 09:37:42PM +0800, Julian Elischer wrote: > On 6/29/13 9:16 PM, Julian Elischer wrote: > >> -If the owner is not currently actually running then the spin step > >> is skipped. > >> +then a thread attempting to acquire the mutex will spin rather > >> than yielding > >> +the

Re: svn commit: r252346 - head/share/man/man9

2013-06-29 Thread Julian Elischer
On 6/29/13 9:16 PM, Julian Elischer wrote: thanks! -If the owner is not currently actually running then the spin step is skipped. +then a thread attempting to acquire the mutex will spin rather than yielding +the processor. Am I wrong in thinking that it will only spin for a short while, ev

Re: svn commit: r252346 - head/share/man/man9

2013-06-29 Thread Julian Elischer
thanks! On 6/29/13 12:33 AM, John Baldwin wrote: Author: jhb Date: Fri Jun 28 16:33:45 2013 New Revision: 252346 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/252346 Log: Make a pass over this page to correct and clarify a few things as well as some general word-smithing. - Don't clai

Re: svn commit: r252346 - head/share/man/man9

2013-06-28 Thread John Baldwin
On Friday, June 28, 2013 1:08:36 pm Benjamin Kaduk wrote: > > +.Ss Spin Mutexes > > +Spin mutexes are a variation of basic mutexes; the main difference between > > +the two is that spin mutexes never block. > > +Instead, they spin while waiting for the lock to be released. > > +Note that a thread t

Re: svn commit: r252346 - head/share/man/man9

2013-06-28 Thread Benjamin Kaduk
On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 12:33 PM, John Baldwin wrote: > Author: jhb > Date: Fri Jun 28 16:33:45 2013 > New Revision: 252346 > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/252346 > > Log: > Make a pass over this page to correct and clarify a few things as well as > some general word-smithing.

svn commit: r252346 - head/share/man/man9

2013-06-28 Thread John Baldwin
Author: jhb Date: Fri Jun 28 16:33:45 2013 New Revision: 252346 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/252346 Log: Make a pass over this page to correct and clarify a few things as well as some general word-smithing. - Don't claim that adaptive mutexes have a timeout (they don't). -