Module Name: src
Committed By: pooka
Date: Mon Oct 27 12:50:41 UTC 2014
Modified Files:
src/lib/librump: rump_lwproc.3
Log Message:
Make fewer assumptions about the host.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.6 -r1.7 src/lib/librump/rump_lwproc.3
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Modified files:
Index: src/lib/librump/rump_lwproc.3
diff -u src/lib/librump/rump_lwproc.3:1.6 src/lib/librump/rump_lwproc.3:1.7
--- src/lib/librump/rump_lwproc.3:1.6 Mon Oct 27 12:32:08 2014
+++ src/lib/librump/rump_lwproc.3 Mon Oct 27 12:50:41 2014
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: rump_lwproc.3,v 1.6 2014/10/27 12:32:08 pooka Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: rump_lwproc.3,v 1.7 2014/10/27 12:50:41 pooka Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2010 Antti Kantee. All rights reserved.
.\"
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ a rump kernel uses the host's thread and
for how thread context is determined are different.
.Pp
In the rump kernel model, each host thread (implemented for example
-with pthreads) is either bound to
+with pthreads or green threads) is either bound to
a rump kernel lwp or accesses the rump kernel with an implicit thread
context associated with pid 1.
An implicit thread context is created every time the rump kernel
@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@ The association between host threads and
left to the caller.
It is possible to create a dedicated host thread for every
rump kernel lwp or multiplex them on top of a single host thread.
-After rump kernel lwps have been created, switching curlwp is very cheap
--- faster than a thread context switch on the host.
+After rump kernel lwps have been created, switching curlwp is very cheap.
In case multiple lwps/processes are created, it is the caller's
responsibility to keep track of them and release them when they
are no longer necessary.
-Like other rump kernel resources, procs/lwps will be released when
-the process hosting the rump kernel exits.
+A rump kernel lwp will persist until it is explicitly released.
+A rump kernel process will persist until all of its lwps have been
+released, at which point the process is automatically released.
.Bl -tag -width xxxx
.It Fn rump_pub_lwproc_rfork
Create a process, one lwp inside it and set curlwp to the new lwp.
