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Re: [MTASCsft PATCH 01/??] MT-, AS- and AC-Safety docs
- From: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at redhat dot com>
- To: "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos at redhat dot com>
- Cc: codonell at redhat dot com, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 03:44:22 -0200
- Subject: Re: [MTASCsft PATCH 01/??] MT-, AS- and AC-Safety docs
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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 âof their choiceâ; 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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