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author | Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> | 2013-01-31 05:09:25 +0000 |
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committer | Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> | 2013-01-31 05:09:25 +0000 |
commit | 0957d00018b842750e9d5cb86e50929291181d27 (patch) | |
tree | b1632de6c29ec22f711c88a7c798db10f68d669a /devel/libatomic_ops/pkg-descr | |
parent | 89f4d7e2c46ec302e33ea1f82171acb45b53ab6a (diff) |
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diff --git a/devel/libatomic_ops/pkg-descr b/devel/libatomic_ops/pkg-descr index 10d2ae78b536..491392060903 100644 --- a/devel/libatomic_ops/pkg-descr +++ b/devel/libatomic_ops/pkg-descr @@ -1,15 +1,14 @@ -This package provides semi-portable access to hardware provided -atomic memory operations. These might allow you to write code: +This package provides semi-portable access to hardware provided atomic memory +operations. These might allow you to write code: -- That does more interesting things in signal handlers. -- Makes more effective use of multiprocessors by allowing you to write - clever lock-free code. Note that such code is very difficult to get - right, and will unavoidably be less portable than lock-based code. It - is also not always faster than lock-based code. But it may occasionally - be a large performance win. -- To experiment with new and much better thread programming paradigms, etc. + - That does more interesting things in signal handlers + - Makes more effective use of multiprocessors by allowing you to write + clever lock-free code. Note that such code is very difficult to get + right, and will unavoidably be less portable than lock-based code. It + is also not always faster than lock-based code. But it may occasionally + be a large performance win + - To experiment with new and much better thread programming paradigms, etc. -For details and licensing restrictions see the files in the doc -subdirectory. +For details and licensing restrictions see the files in the doc subdirectory. WWW: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/ |