[MTASCsft PATCH 01/??] MT-, AS- and AC-Safety docs

Alexandre Oliva aoliva@redhat.com
Wed Jan 29 05:44:00 GMT 2014


On Jan 29, 2014, "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos@redhat.com> wrote:

> Just like signal handlers, cancellation cleanup routines must
> configure the floating point environment they require. The routines 
> cannot assume a floating point environment, particularly when
> asynchronous cancellation is enabled.  If the configuration of a 
> the floating point environment cannot be performed atomically then it
> is also possible that the environment encountered is internally
> inconsistent.

I put this in, with s/a\nthe/the/.

> IMO the discussion two FPU systems is beyond the scope of this text.

>> +the accesses are well defined.  The notion that users are expected to
>> +safeguard against data races any objects of their choice that the
>> +library accesses on their behalf prevails.

> This last sentence remains awkward.

> Suggest rewording as follows:

> The notion prevails that users are expected to safeguard against data
> races any objects that the library accesses on their behalf.

I like that, except for dropping the “of their choice”; that would turn
all cases of @mtasurace into @mtsrace.

I'm taking that with s/objects/user-supplied objects/, if you don't
mind.

Ok to install with these two changes?


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