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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-15 19:41:07 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-15 19:41:07 +0000
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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
.\"
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
.\"
-.TH __ppc_yield 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
+.TH __ppc_yield 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
.SH NAME
__ppc_yield, __ppc_mdoio, __ppc_mdoom \-
Hint the processor to release shared resources
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Standard C library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <sys/platform/ppc.h>
-.PP
+.P
.B void __ppc_yield(void);
.B void __ppc_mdoio(void);
.B void __ppc_mdoom(void);
@@ -24,18 +24,18 @@ provide hints about the usage of resources that are shared with other
processors on the Power architecture.
They can be used, for example, if a program waiting on a lock intends
to divert the shared resources to be used by other processors.
-.PP
+.P
.BR __ppc_yield ()
provides a hint that performance will probably be improved if shared
resources dedicated to the executing processor are released for use by
other processors.
-.PP
+.P
.BR __ppc_mdoio ()
provides a hint that performance will probably be improved if shared
resources dedicated to the executing processor are released until all
outstanding storage accesses to caching-inhibited storage have been
completed.
-.PP
+.P
.BR __ppc_mdoom ()
provides a hint that performance will probably be improved if shared
resources dedicated to the executing processor are released until all
@@ -57,12 +57,11 @@ T{
.BR __ppc_mdoom ()
T} Thread safety MT-Safe
.TE
-.sp 1
.SH STANDARDS
GNU.
.SH HISTORY
glibc 2.18.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR __ppc_set_ppr_med (3)
-.PP
+.P
.I Power ISA, Book\~II - Section\~3.2 ("or" architecture)