From: Stephan Wiesand Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 14:57:42 +0000 (+0200) Subject: doc: Add introduction and credits to ubik.txt X-Git-Tag: upstream/1.8.0_pre2^3~33 X-Git-Url: https://git.michaelhowe.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d0b64a4a1b61b5e22f0e3fe509f8facd30bc2b74;p=packages%2Fo%2Fopenafs.git doc: Add introduction and credits to ubik.txt Credit where it's due. And the remainder of the introduction may provide some useful context too. Change-Id: I99c7e599363126c581ae1ac00da67c33acc3687f Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.openafs.org/12644 Tested-by: BuildBot Reviewed-by: Benjamin Kaduk --- diff --git a/doc/txt/ubik.txt b/doc/txt/ubik.txt index e508e673a..547654fe8 100644 --- a/doc/txt/ubik.txt +++ b/doc/txt/ubik.txt @@ -1,8 +1,20 @@ This file contains a threading analysis of Ubik prepared by -Jeffrey Hutzelman and sent ot the openafs-devel@openafs.org +Jeffrey Hutzelman and sent to the openafs-devel@openafs.org mailing list in February 2011, archived at: https://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-devel/2011-February/018329.html +A while ago, Jeff Altman asked me to do an analysis of the Ubik code with +repsect to threading, to try to determine how ready the code is to be moved +from an LWP-based environment to one using preemptive POSIX threads, and +what it will take to get it the rest of the way there. Now that the work +is complete, I'm posting the complete analysis and my recommendations for +discussion and as a backdrop for changes I expect to see proposed in the +near future. + +This work was funded by Your File System, Inc. + +-- Jeff + INTRODUCTION This document describes the structure of Ubik, with an eye toward