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author | Martin Sustrik <sustrik@250bpm.com> | 2012-03-14 16:06:28 +0100 |
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committer | Martin Sustrik <sustrik@250bpm.com> | 2012-03-14 16:06:28 +0100 |
commit | fc9dc49cbf4571c8a17048d19f342408999e2164 (patch) | |
tree | 3e5107be7df5e58e33d3b574e405590be32679f8 /doc/xs_init.txt | |
parent | c8102f6ef6394357d2d1a53c579bca574a3e3c6a (diff) | |
parent | d5064791e2c4b5e8f9ce46c47272fd054c16e4af (diff) |
Merge branch 'doc-updates' of git.lucina.net:libxsv1.0.0
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diff --git a/doc/xs_init.txt b/doc/xs_init.txt index 373822a..40a64bf 100644 --- a/doc/xs_init.txt +++ b/doc/xs_init.txt @@ -21,6 +21,28 @@ A 'context' is thread safe and may be shared among as many application threads as necessary, without any additional locking required on the part of the caller. +The individual 'sockets' within a 'context' are _not_ thread safe -- +applications may _not_ use a single 'socket' concurrently from multiple +threads. + +A 'socket' _may_ be _migrated_ from one thread to another, by issuing a +full memory barrier between individual calls on the 'socket'. For example, +this means applications can create a socket in one thread with +_xs_socket()_ and then pass it to a _newly created_ thread as part of +thread initialization via a structure passed as an argument to +_pthread_create()_. + +.Context options +Context options may be set prior to creating the first socket within a +'context', using the _xs_setctxopt()_ function. See linkxs:xs_setctxopt[3] +for details on the available context options. + +.Multiple contexts +Multiple 'contexts' may coexist within a single application. Thus, an +application can use Crossroads directly and at the same time make use of any +number of additional libraries or components which themselves make use of +Crossroads. + RETURN VALUE ------------ @@ -38,6 +60,7 @@ SEE ALSO -------- linkxs:xs[7] linkxs:xs_term[3] +linkxs:xs_setctxopt[3] AUTHORS |