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| author | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com> | 2012-05-24 23:08:09 +0200 |
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| committer | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com> | 2012-05-24 23:08:09 +0200 |
| commit | 2910b7c5b1d55bc304344b584a25ea571a9075fb (patch) | |
| tree | bfbfbc98d4c0e205d2726fa44170a16e8421855e /hurd/libports.mdwn | |
| parent | 35b719f54c96778f571984065579625bc9f15bf5 (diff) | |
Prepare toolchain/logs/master branch.
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diff --git a/hurd/libports.mdwn b/hurd/libports.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 6f2cd46d..00000000 --- a/hurd/libports.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,37 +0,0 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] - -[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable -id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this -document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or -any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant -Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license -is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation -License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] - -*libports* is a convenience library for easier handling of [[Mach -ports|microkernel/mach/port]]. It is documented in the [[Reference_Manual]]. - -*libports* is not (at least, not for now) a generalization / abstraction of -Mach ports to the functionality the Hurd needs, that is, it is not meant to -provide an interface independently of the underlying [[microkernel]]. - -*libports* does not itself depend on *[[libthreads]]*, but the appropriate -threading hooks are used if present, that is if *[[libthreads]]* is used by -another component. - - -# Message Processing - -## `ports_manage_multithreaded` - -When a message is recieved, the thread acting as receiver checks if any other -thread is also waiting for requests. If there is none, a new thread is -spawned. Thus, the current thread continues processing the message while the -newly created thread starts listening for new ones. ([[!taglink -open_issue_hurd]]: [[open_issues/multithreading]].) - -Also, there are configurable timeouts for [[translator]]s who want to go away -when they are not used. ([[!taglink open_issue_hurd]]: there used to be bugs -in this area, [[!message-id "87hev152we.fsf@becket.becket.net"]], but it may be -fixed as of [[!message-id "20111030210045.GA4983@myhost"]], -[[!GNU_Savannah_Git_hurd_hurd 9b5429e834cde56f73b8ff605e36afc7d9bb6e1b]].) |