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Diffstat (limited to 'include/qemu/coroutine.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/qemu/coroutine.h | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/qemu/coroutine.h b/include/qemu/coroutine.h index 9f685794d2..d2de268981 100644 --- a/include/qemu/coroutine.h +++ b/include/qemu/coroutine.h @@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ void coroutine_fn qemu_co_mutex_unlock(CoMutex *mutex); /** * CoQueues are a mechanism to queue coroutines in order to continue executing - * them later. + * them later. They are similar to condition variables, but they need help + * from an external mutex in order to maintain thread-safety. */ typedef struct CoQueue { QSIMPLEQ_HEAD(, Coroutine) entries; @@ -174,9 +175,10 @@ void qemu_co_queue_init(CoQueue *queue); /** * Adds the current coroutine to the CoQueue and transfers control to the - * caller of the coroutine. + * caller of the coroutine. The mutex is unlocked during the wait and + * locked again afterwards. */ -void coroutine_fn qemu_co_queue_wait(CoQueue *queue); +void coroutine_fn qemu_co_queue_wait(CoQueue *queue, CoMutex *mutex); /** * Restarts the next coroutine in the CoQueue and removes it from the queue. |