X-Git-Url: http://info.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/pub/gitweb/simgrid.git/blobdiff_plain/3607c619ddfa018f4ea69a012a3bc722d6b38491..4634214e18b847f6346048fa12179d3d99ae82c9:/include/simgrid/kernel/resource/Action.hpp

diff --git a/include/simgrid/kernel/resource/Action.hpp b/include/simgrid/kernel/resource/Action.hpp
index d482732388..c8e20eb4bd 100644
--- a/include/simgrid/kernel/resource/Action.hpp
+++ b/include/simgrid/kernel/resource/Action.hpp
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ public:
   bool empty() const { return heap_type::empty(); }
 };
 
-/** @details An action is a consumption on a resource (e.g.: a communication for the network) */
+/** @details An action is a consumption on a resource (e.g.: a communication for the network).
+ *
+ * It is related (but still different) from activities, that are the stuff on which an actor can be blocked.
+ * See simgrid::s4u::Activity for more details.
+ */
 class XBT_PUBLIC Action {
   friend ActionHeap;
 
@@ -62,12 +66,11 @@ public:
       StateSet;
 
   enum class State {
-    ready = 0,        /**< Ready        */
-    running,          /**< Running      */
-    failed,           /**< Task Failure */
-    done,             /**< Completed    */
-    to_free,          /**< Action to free in next cleanup */
-    not_in_the_system /**< Not in the system anymore. Why did you ask ? */
+    inited,  /**< Created, but not started yet */
+    running, /**< Started, currently running */
+    failed,  /**< Completed (unsuccessfully: either the resource failed, or the action was canceled) */
+    done,    /**< Completed (successfully) */
+    ignored  /**< e.g. failure detectors, these infinite sleep actions that are put on resources which failure should be notified */
   };
 
   enum class SuspendStates {