Allow to chain calls to activity::Comm functions

[simgrid.git] / include / simgrid / s4u / Host.hpp

diff --git a/include/simgrid/s4u/Host.hpp b/include/simgrid/s4u/Host.hpp
index 164da06..9153fbe 100644 (file)
--- a/include/simgrid/s4u/Host.hpp
+++ b/include/simgrid/s4u/Host.hpp
@@ -25,14 +25,15 @@ namespace s4u {
  *
  * @tableofcontents
  *
- * An host represents some physical resource with computing and networking capabilities.
+ * Some physical resource with computing and networking capabilities on which Actors execute.
  *
  * All hosts are automatically created during the call of the method
- * @ref simgrid::s4u::Engine::loadPlatform().
+ * @ref simgrid::s4u::Engine::load_platform().
  * You cannot create a host yourself.
  *
- * You can retrieve a particular host using simgrid::s4u::Host::byName()
- * and actors can retrieve the host on which they run using simgrid::s4u::Host::current().
+ * You can retrieve a particular host using @ref simgrid::s4u::Host::by_name()
+ * and actors can retrieve the host on which they run using @ref simgrid::s4u::Host::current() or
+ * @ref simgrid::s4u::this_actor::get_host().
  */
 class XBT_PUBLIC Host : public simgrid::xbt::Extendable<Host> {
   friend simgrid::vm::VMModel;            // Use the pimpl_cpu to compute the VM sharing
@@ -152,6 +153,9 @@ public:
    * The actor will not be migrated in this case. Such remote execution are easy in simulation.
    */
   void execute(double flops);
+  /** Start an asynchronous computation on that host (possibly remote) */
+  ExecPtr exec_async(double flops_amounts);
+
   /** Block the calling actor on an execution located on the called host (with explicit priority) */
   void execute(double flops, double priority);