Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2018 11:22:28 +0300 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> To: Ed Schouten <ed@nuxi.nl> Cc: Matt Macy <mmacy@freebsd.org>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r333590 - head/share/man/man9 Message-ID: <92f8270c-f726-7610-c209-3c35d2ad5b2c@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CABh_MK=tpVVqxpF2BN%2BqXW2i2VqjjAJUWHqnoNgwurGx2dJ_0w@mail.gmail.com> References: <201805132316.w4DNG4oh092482@repo.freebsd.org> <CABh_MKnuL8t-EVA=K1uc58ozcryu-Kj6paWp3YYeo7DRQQZscg@mail.gmail.com> <CABh_MKk=sGPSTc2TRE38fQXrJRd3gyGAhDZ16iLYVRHgdvhtCg@mail.gmail.com> <99d1722c-8085-6a70-64df-2fdb2c20b574@FreeBSD.org> <CABh_MK=tpVVqxpF2BN%2BqXW2i2VqjjAJUWHqnoNgwurGx2dJ_0w@mail.gmail.com>
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On 25/06/2018 10:25, Ed Schouten wrote: > Hi Andriy, Matthew, > > 2018-06-24 23:36 GMT+02:00 Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org>: >> Perhaps a little application of google can help. >> [keywords: epoch based reclamation] > > Based on the man page, it wasn't clear that this refers to a generally > accepted construct or something that is specific to FreeBSD. Any > objections if I were to extend the man page as follows? Certainly not from me. Also, given that epoch(9) is a wrapper around (or based on) the implementation provided by Concurrency Kit, maybe we should have some kind of a gateway manual page for the latter. That page would provide an introduction to Concurrency Kit and links to its resources. Then epoch.9 could reference it. > Index: epoch.9 > =================================================================== > --- epoch.9 (revision 335613) > +++ epoch.9 (working copy) > @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ > .Nm epoch_wait , > .Nm epoch_call , > .Nm in_epoch , > -.Nd kernel epoch based reclamation > +.Nd kernel Epoch Based Reclamation (EBR) > .Sh SYNOPSIS > .In sys/param.h > .In sys/proc.h > @@ -191,3 +191,10 @@ > .Xr sleep 9 , > .Xr sx 9 , > .Xr timeout 9 > +.Rs > +.%A K. Fraser > +.%T Practical lock-freedom > +.%D February 2004 > +.%P 79-81 > +.%U https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-579.pdf > +.Re > -- Andriy Gapon
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