Commit 4cdca6cf authored by Kirill Smelkov's avatar Kirill Smelkov

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parent 35db5b7f
...@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ ...@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
// is completely blocked while wcfs server sends pins and waits to receive acks // is completely blocked while wcfs server sends pins and waits to receive acks
// from all clients. In other words on-client handling of pins has to be done // from all clients. In other words on-client handling of pins has to be done
// in separate thread, because wcfs server can also send pins to client that // in separate thread, because wcfs server can also send pins to client that
// trigerred the access. // triggered the access.
// //
// Wcfs client implements pins handling in so-called "pinner" thread(+). The // Wcfs client implements pins handling in so-called "pinner" thread(+). The
// pinner thread receives pin requests from wcfs server via watchlink handle // pinner thread receives pin requests from wcfs server via watchlink handle
...@@ -51,10 +51,17 @@ ...@@ -51,10 +51,17 @@
// The same watchlink handle is used to send client-originated requests to wcfs // The same watchlink handle is used to send client-originated requests to wcfs
// server. The requests are sent to tell wcfs that client wants to observe a // server. The requests are sent to tell wcfs that client wants to observe a
// particular bigfile as of particular revision, or stop watching for it. // particular bigfile as of particular revision, or stop watching for it.
// Such requests originate from regular client threads - not pinner - via entry
// points like Conn.open, Conn.resync and FileH.close.
// //
// XXX mmap zeros after .headfsize // In wendelin.core a bigfile has semantic that it is infinite in size and
// (mmap-in zeros after f.size (else access to memory after file.size will raise SIGBUS)) // reads as all zeros beyond region initialized with data. Memory-mapping of
// (assumes head/f size ↑=) // OS-level files can also go beyond file size, however accessing memory
// corresponding to file region after file.size triggers SIGBUS. To preserve
// wendelin.core semantic wcfs client mmaps-in zeros for Mapping regions after
// wcfs/head/f.size. For simplicity it is assumed that bigfiles only grow and
// never shrink. It is indeed currently so, but will have to be revisited
// if/when wendelin.core adds bigfile truncation.
// //
// Every FileH maintains // Every FileH maintains
// //
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