X-Git-Url: http://git.liburcu.org/?p=urcu.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=ba9c16dbdd5f6dfb8f7b96ad719eafda11b8a02f;hp=b96912e829fc7042d0e2101062ecc454f9c3bd1f;hb=02be55611d3b1c7bf4fdfcb3a9c98f621882d417;hpb=f075cb10501787e3858f7acaa5fe08a5befee4f5 diff --git a/README b/README index b96912e..ba9c16d 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -16,14 +16,17 @@ BUILDING * CFLAGS="-m64 -g -O2" ./configure Forcing a 32-bit build with 386 backward compatibility: - * CFLAGS="-m32 -g -O2" ./configure --target=i386-pc-linux-gnu + * CFLAGS="-m32 -g -O2" ./configure --host=i386-pc-linux-gnu + + Forcing a 32-bit build for Sparcv9 (typical for Sparc v9) + * CFLAGS="-m32 -Wa,-Av9a -g -O2" ./configure ARCHITECTURES SUPPORTED ----------------------- -Currently, x86 (i386, i486, i586, i686), x86 64-bit, PowerPC 32/64, S390 and -S390x are supported. Only tested on Linux so far, but should theoretically work -on other operating systems. +Currently, x86 (i386, i486, i586, i686), x86 64-bit, PowerPC 32/64, S390, S390x +and Sparcv9 32/64 are supported. Only tested on Linux so far, but should +theoretically work on other operating systems. QUICK START GUIDE ----------------- @@ -43,15 +46,15 @@ Usage of liburcu * Link the application with "-lurcu". * This is the preferred version of the library, both in terms of speed and flexibility. Requires a signal, typically SIGUSR1. Can be - overridden with -DSIGURCU by modifying Makefile.build.inc. + overridden with -DSIGRCU by modifying Makefile.build.inc. Usage of liburcu-mb * #include - * Compile any _LGPL_SOURCE code using this library with "-DURCU_MB". + * Compile any _LGPL_SOURCE code using this library with "-DRCU_MB". * Link with "-lurcu-mb". * This version of the urcu library does not need to - reserve a signal number. URCU_MB uses full memory barriers for + reserve a signal number. RCU_MB uses full memory barriers for readers. This eliminates the need for signals but results in slower reads. @@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ Usage of liburcu-bp * Link with "-lurcu-bp". * The BP library flavor stands for "bulletproof". It is specifically designed to help tracing library to hook on applications without - requiring to modify these applications. urcu_init(), + requiring to modify these applications. rcu_init(), rcu_register_thread() and rcu_unregister_thread() all become nops. The state is dealt with by the library internally at the expense of read-side and write-side performance. @@ -99,11 +102,20 @@ Writing Usage of liburcu-defer * #include - * Link with "-lurcu-defer" - * Provides call_rcu() primitive to enqueue delayed callbacks. Queued + * Link with "-lurcu-defer", and also with one of the urcu library + (either urcu, urcu-bp, urcu-mb or urcu-qsbr). + * Provides defer_rcu() primitive to enqueue delayed callbacks. Queued callbacks are executed in batch periodically after a grace period. - Do _not_ use call_rcu() within a read-side critical section, because + Do _not_ use defer_rcu() within a read-side critical section, because it may call synchronize_rcu() if the thread queue is full. + * Provides defer_rcu_ratelimit() primitive, which acts just like + defer_rcu(), but takes an additional rate limiter callback forcing + synchronized callback execution of the limiter returns non-zero. + * Requires that rcu_defer_barrier() must be called in library destructor + if a library queues callbacks and is expected to be unloaded with + dlclose(). + * Its API is currently experimental. It may change in future library + releases. Being careful with signals