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commit ab4cedb5930cb21f0a4810f64be0ab6cfca026f3
parent ef2185247d468309a375b0e16d73e8723cdf29a0
Author: rtm <rtm>
Date:   Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:55:27 +0000

continuous quality management

Diffstat:
Masm.h | 2+-
Mspinlock.c | 4++--
Mx86.h | 6+++---
3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/asm.h b/asm.h @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ // -// macros to create x86 segments from assembler +// assembler macros to create x86 segments // #define SEG_NULLASM \ diff --git a/spinlock.c b/spinlock.c @@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ initlock(struct spinlock *lock, char *name) // Acquire the lock. // Loops (spins) until the lock is acquired. -// (Because contention is handled by spinning, -// must not go to sleep holding any locks.) +// Holding a lock for a long time may cause +// other CPUs to waste time spinning to acquire it. void acquire(struct spinlock *lock) { diff --git a/x86.h b/x86.h @@ -1,5 +1,4 @@ -// Special assembly routines to access x86-specific -// hardware instructions. +// Routines to let C code use special x86 instructions. static inline uchar inb(ushort port) @@ -131,7 +130,8 @@ sti(void) asm volatile("sti"); } -// Layout of the trap frame on the stack upon entry to trap. +// Layout of the trap frame built on the stack by the +// hardware and by trapasm.S, and passed to trap(). struct trapframe { // registers as pushed by pusha uint edi;