Module Name: src
Committed By: jruoho
Date: Fri Jul 9 18:16:31 UTC 2010
Modified Files:
src/lib/libpthread: affinity.3
Log Message:
Add a compatibility note. Also some minor improvements.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.4 -r1.5 src/lib/libpthread/affinity.3
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Modified files:
Index: src/lib/libpthread/affinity.3
diff -u src/lib/libpthread/affinity.3:1.4 src/lib/libpthread/affinity.3:1.5
--- src/lib/libpthread/affinity.3:1.4 Tue Jan 20 01:57:36 2009
+++ src/lib/libpthread/affinity.3 Fri Jul 9 18:16:31 2010
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: affinity.3,v 1.4 2009/01/20 01:57:36 rmind Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: affinity.3,v 1.5 2010/07/09 18:16:31 jruoho Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2008 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd October 18, 2008
+.Dd July 9, 2010
.Dt AFFINITY 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
Thread affinity allows to run the thread on specified CPU or CPUs only.
.Pp
+The
.Fn pthread_setaffinity_np
function sets the affinity mask
.Fa set
@@ -59,7 +60,6 @@
.Fa thread
into
.Fa set .
-.Pp
Note that
.Fa set
must be created and initialized using the
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@
.Fn pthread_getaffinity_np
functions return 0 on success.
Otherwise, an error number is returned to indicate the error.
+.Sh COMPATIBILITY
+Both functions are non-standard extensions.
.Sh EXAMPLES
An example of code fragment, which sets the affinity for the current
thread to the CPU whose ID is 0:
@@ -95,11 +97,7 @@
cpuset_destroy(cset);
.Ed
.Sh ERRORS
-The
-.Fn pthread_setaffinity_np
-and
-.Fn pthread_getaffinity_np
-functions fail if:
+Both functions may fail if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er EINVAL
The specified
