X-Git-Url: http://info.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/pub/gitweb/simgrid.git/blobdiff_plain/d18e17592e7aabd2cb96fd154858e0a3987d2800..10ceac5fd14fb0426b5c93bda85676a79b02d0be:/include/simgrid/simix/blocking_simcall.hpp

diff --git a/include/simgrid/simix/blocking_simcall.hpp b/include/simgrid/simix/blocking_simcall.hpp
index 7fa0b25d6d..3a41904109 100644
--- a/include/simgrid/simix/blocking_simcall.hpp
+++ b/include/simgrid/simix/blocking_simcall.hpp
@@ -24,19 +24,22 @@ XBT_PUBLIC(void) simcall_run_blocking(std::function<void()> const& code);
 namespace simgrid {
 namespace simix {
 
-XBT_PUBLIC(void) unblock(smx_process_t process);
+XBT_PUBLIC(void) unblock(smx_actor_t process);
 
-/** Execute some code in kernel mode and wakes up the process when
+/** Execute some code in kernel mode and wakes up the actor when
  *  the result is available.
  *
- * It is given a callback which is executed in the kernel SimGrid and
- * returns a simgrid::kernel::Future<T>. The kernel blocks the process
- * until the Future is ready and either the value wrapped in the future
- * to the process or raises the exception stored in the Future in the process.
+ * It is given a callback which is executed in the SimGrid kernel and
+ * returns a `simgrid::kernel::Future<T>`. The kernel blocks the actor
+ * until the Future is ready and:
+ *
+ *  - either returns the value wrapped in the future to the actor;
+ *
+ *  - or raises the exception stored in the future in the actor.
  *
  * This can be used to implement blocking calls without adding new simcalls.
  * One downside of this approach is that we don't have any semantic on what
- * the process is waiting. This might be a problem for the model-checker and
+ * the actor is waiting. This might be a problem for the model-checker and
  * we'll have to devise a way to make it work.
  *
  * @param     code Kernel code returning a `simgrid::kernel::Future<T>`
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ auto kernelSync(F code) -> decltype(code().get())
   if (SIMIX_is_maestro())
     xbt_die("Can't execute blocking call in kernel mode");
 
-  smx_process_t self = SIMIX_process_self();
+  smx_actor_t self = SIMIX_process_self();
   simgrid::xbt::Result<T> result;
 
   simcall_run_blocking([&result, self, &code]{
@@ -86,7 +89,7 @@ public:
   {
     if (!valid())
       throw std::future_error(std::future_errc::no_state);
-    smx_process_t self = SIMIX_process_self();
+    smx_actor_t self = SIMIX_process_self();
     simgrid::xbt::Result<T> result;
     simcall_run_blocking([this, &result, self]{
       try {
@@ -117,7 +120,7 @@ public:
       return;
     // The future is not ready. We have to delegate to the SimGrid kernel:
     std::exception_ptr exception;
-    smx_process_t self = SIMIX_process_self();
+    smx_actor_t self = SIMIX_process_self();
     simcall_run_blocking([this, &exception, self]{
       try {
         // When the kernel future is ready...
@@ -141,7 +144,7 @@ private:
 /** Start some asynchronous work
  *
  *  @param code SimGrid kernel code which returns a simgrid::kernel::Future
- *  @return     User future
+ *  @return     Actor future
  */
 template<class F>
 auto kernelAsync(F code)
@@ -149,11 +152,11 @@ auto kernelAsync(F code)
 {
   typedef decltype(code().get()) T;
 
-  // Execute the code in the kernel and get the kernel simcall:
+  // Execute the code in the kernel and get the kernel future:
   simgrid::kernel::Future<T> future =
     simgrid::simix::kernelImmediate(std::move(code));
 
-  // Wrap tyhe kernel simcall in a user simcall:
+  // Wrap the kernel future in a actor future:
   return simgrid::simix::Future<T>(std::move(future));
 }