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authorGravatar Abseil Team <absl-team@google.com>2023-11-14 13:38:32 -0800
committerGravatar Copybara-Service <copybara-worker@google.com>2023-11-14 13:39:13 -0800
commit67f3af264c5b32cb92bb72440220e03591128f40 (patch)
tree3609b9991d367d4a224976bf86629a37256d3304 /absl/base
parent1415840502f38952e63c1c6e4892f6e69ce7bc13 (diff)
Fix documentation on when SpinLock is async-signal-safe
PiperOrigin-RevId: 582426024 Change-Id: Ic8650de4faff9688f4cb5529c1df9bc752878b5a
Diffstat (limited to 'absl/base')
-rw-r--r--absl/base/internal/spinlock.h8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/absl/base/internal/spinlock.h b/absl/base/internal/spinlock.h
index 6818a86a..2929cd6f 100644
--- a/absl/base/internal/spinlock.h
+++ b/absl/base/internal/spinlock.h
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
// - for use by Abseil internal code that Mutex itself depends on
// - for async signal safety (see below)
-// SpinLock is async signal safe. If a spinlock is used within a signal
-// handler, all code that acquires the lock must ensure that the signal cannot
-// arrive while they are holding the lock. Typically, this is done by blocking
-// the signal.
+// SpinLock with a base_internal::SchedulingMode::SCHEDULE_KERNEL_ONLY is async
+// signal safe. If a spinlock is used within a signal handler, all code that
+// acquires the lock must ensure that the signal cannot arrive while they are
+// holding the lock. Typically, this is done by blocking the signal.
//
// Threads waiting on a SpinLock may be woken in an arbitrary order.