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Diffstat (limited to 'trace2')
| -rw-r--r-- | trace2/tr2_tls.c | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | trace2/tr2_tls.h | 18 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/trace2/tr2_tls.c b/trace2/tr2_tls.c index 7da94aba52..8d2182fbdb 100644 --- a/trace2/tr2_tls.c +++ b/trace2/tr2_tls.c @@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ struct tr2tls_thread_ctx *tr2tls_get_self(void) ctx = pthread_getspecific(tr2tls_key); /* - * If the thread-proc did not call trace2_thread_start(), we won't - * have any TLS data associated with the current thread. Fix it - * here and silently continue. + * If the current thread's thread-proc did not call + * trace2_thread_start(), then the thread will not have any + * thread-local storage. Create it now and silently continue. */ if (!ctx) ctx = tr2tls_create_self("unknown", getnanotime() / 1000); diff --git a/trace2/tr2_tls.h b/trace2/tr2_tls.h index a90bd639d4..1297509fd2 100644 --- a/trace2/tr2_tls.h +++ b/trace2/tr2_tls.h @@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ #include "strbuf.h" /* + * Notice: the term "TLS" refers to "thread-local storage" in the + * Trace2 source files. This usage is borrowed from GCC and Windows. + * There is NO relation to "transport layer security". + */ + +/* * Arbitry limit for thread names for column alignment. */ #define TR2_MAX_THREAD_NAME (24) @@ -17,9 +23,7 @@ struct tr2tls_thread_ctx { }; /* - * Create TLS data for the current thread. This gives us a place to - * put per-thread data, such as thread start time, function nesting - * and a per-thread label for our messages. + * Create thread-local storage for the current thread. * * We assume the first thread is "main". Other threads are given * non-zero thread-ids to help distinguish messages from concurrent @@ -35,7 +39,7 @@ struct tr2tls_thread_ctx *tr2tls_create_self(const char *thread_name, uint64_t us_thread_start); /* - * Get our TLS data. + * Get the thread-local storage pointer of the current thread. */ struct tr2tls_thread_ctx *tr2tls_get_self(void); @@ -45,7 +49,7 @@ struct tr2tls_thread_ctx *tr2tls_get_self(void); int tr2tls_is_main_thread(void); /* - * Free our TLS data. + * Free the current thread's thread-local storage. */ void tr2tls_unset_self(void); @@ -81,12 +85,12 @@ uint64_t tr2tls_region_elasped_self(uint64_t us); uint64_t tr2tls_absolute_elapsed(uint64_t us); /* - * Initialize the tr2 TLS system. + * Initialize thread-local storage for Trace2. */ void tr2tls_init(void); /* - * Free all tr2 TLS resources. + * Free all Trace2 thread-local storage resources. */ void tr2tls_release(void); |