Module Name: src
Committed By: pooka
Date: Fri Oct 29 15:38:16 UTC 2010
Modified Files:
src/lib/librump: rump_lwproc.3
Log Message:
update with reality
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.2 -r1.3 src/lib/librump/rump_lwproc.3
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Index: src/lib/librump/rump_lwproc.3
diff -u src/lib/librump/rump_lwproc.3:1.2 src/lib/librump/rump_lwproc.3:1.3
--- src/lib/librump/rump_lwproc.3:1.2 Fri Sep 3 07:12:51 2010
+++ src/lib/librump/rump_lwproc.3 Fri Oct 29 15:38:15 2010
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: rump_lwproc.3,v 1.2 2010/09/03 07:12:51 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: rump_lwproc.3,v 1.3 2010/10/29 15:38:15 pooka Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2010 Antti Kantee. All rights reserved.
.\"
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd September 2, 2010
+.Dd October 29, 2010
.Dt RUMP_LWPROC 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@
.Pp
In the rump model, each host thread (pthread) is either bound to
a rump kernel lwp or accesses the rump kernel with an implicit thread
-context associated with the system process proc0.
-The implicit thread context is created every time the rump kernel
+context associated with pid 1.
+An implicit thread context is created every time the rump kernel
is entered and disbanded upon exit.
-While convenient for occasional calls, creating the implicit thread
+While convenient for occasional calls, creating an implicit thread
uses a shared resource which can become highly contended in a
multithreaded situation.
It is therefore recommended that dedicated threads are created.
@@ -97,18 +97,18 @@
current one, the process context is also switched.
The special value
.Dv NULL
-sets curlwp to implicit proc0 context.
+sets curlwp to implicit context.
Switching to an already running lwp, i.e. attempting to use the
same curlwp in two host threads simultaneously causes a fatal error.
.It Fn rump_pub_lwproc_releaselwp
-Release curlwp and set curlwp to proc0 context.
+Release curlwp and set curlwp to context.
In case curlwp was the last thread inside the current process, the
process container is also released.
Calling this routine without a dedicated curlwp is a fatal error.
.It Fn rump_pub_lwproc_curlwp
Returns curlwp or
.Dv NULL
-if the current context is the implicit proc0 context.
+if the current context is an implicit context.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr getpid 2 ,
