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| -rw-r--r-- | src/pulse/thread-mainloop.h | 31 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/src/pulse/thread-mainloop.h b/src/pulse/thread-mainloop.h index f911228b8..ff166f846 100644 --- a/src/pulse/thread-mainloop.h +++ b/src/pulse/thread-mainloop.h @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ PA_C_DECL_BEGIN * deal with that. * * The functions will not dead lock because the wait function will release - * the lock before waiting and then regrab it once it has been signaled. + * the lock before waiting and then regrab it once it has been signalled. * For those of you familiar with threads, the behaviour is that of a * condition variable. * @@ -207,10 +207,10 @@ PA_C_DECL_BEGIN * copy the contents of success, but for larger data structures this can be * wasteful. * - * The difference here compared to the basic callback is the 1 sent to - * pa_threaded_mainloop_signal() and the call to + * The difference here compared to the basic callback is the value 1 passed + * to pa_threaded_mainloop_signal() and the call to * pa_threaded_mainloop_accept(). What will happen is that - * pa_threaded_mainloop_signal() will signal the main function and then stop. + * pa_threaded_mainloop_signal() will signal the main function and then wait. * The main function is then free to use the data in the callback until * pa_threaded_mainloop_accept() is called, which will allow the callback * to continue. @@ -223,10 +223,10 @@ PA_C_DECL_BEGIN * \subsection async_subsec Asynchronous callbacks * * PulseAudio also has callbacks that are completely asynchronous, meaning - * that they can be called at any time. The threading main loop API provides + * that they can be called at any time. The threaded main loop API provides * the locking mechanism to handle concurrent accesses, but nothing else. * Applications will have to handle communication from the callback to the - * main program through some own system. + * main program through its own mechanisms. * * The callbacks that are completely asynchronous are: * @@ -277,13 +277,13 @@ void pa_threaded_mainloop_unlock(pa_threaded_mainloop *m); /** Wait for an event to be signalled by the event loop thread. You * can use this to pass data from the event loop thread to the main - * thread in synchronized fashion. This function may not be called + * thread in a synchronized fashion. This function may not be called * inside the event loop thread. Prior to this call the event loop * object needs to be locked using pa_threaded_mainloop_lock(). While - * waiting the lock will be released, immediately before returning it + * waiting the lock will be released. Immediately before returning it * will be acquired again. This function may spuriously wake up even - * without _signal() being called. You need to make sure to handle - * that! */ + * without pa_threaded_mainloop_signal() being called. You need to + * make sure to handle that! */ void pa_threaded_mainloop_wait(pa_threaded_mainloop *m); /** Signal all threads waiting for a signalling event in @@ -299,15 +299,16 @@ void pa_threaded_mainloop_signal(pa_threaded_mainloop *m, int wait_for_accept); * wait_for_accept value. */ void pa_threaded_mainloop_accept(pa_threaded_mainloop *m); -/** Return the return value as specified with the main loop's quit() routine. */ +/** Return the return value as specified with the main loop's + * pa_mainloop_quit() routine. */ int pa_threaded_mainloop_get_retval(pa_threaded_mainloop *m); -/** Return the abstract main loop abstraction layer vtable for this - main loop. No need to free the API as it is owned by the loop - and is destroyed when the loop is freed. */ +/** Return the main loop abstraction layer vtable for this main loop. + * There is no need to free this object as it is owned by the loop + * and is destroyed when the loop is freed. */ pa_mainloop_api* pa_threaded_mainloop_get_api(pa_threaded_mainloop*m); -/** Returns non-zero when called from withing the event loop thread. \since 0.9.7 */ +/** Returns non-zero when called from within the event loop thread. \since 0.9.7 */ int pa_threaded_mainloop_in_thread(pa_threaded_mainloop *m); PA_C_DECL_END |