On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 08:34:01AM +0900, Akira Yokosawa wrote: > On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 12:21:36 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 12:01:45AM +0900, Akira Yokosawa wrote: > >> Hi Paul, > >> > >> Today's pull request consists of minor typo fixes and an update only. > >> > >> However, I'm not sure if Patches 6/7 and 7/7 are really the right fixes > >> or not. > >> So please have a closer look at them. > > > > They look good, thank you! I have pulled this series and pushed it out. > > > >> Thanks, Akira > >> > >> (Please find a PS. part at the bottom.) > >> > >> --------------- > >> The following changes since commit 82599ee517da15ce3957bc94b82f8702a2357d14: > >> > >> memorder: Fix typos and grammar, take two (2021-03-18 17:29:17 -0700) > >> > >> are available in the Git repository at: > >> > >> https://github.com/akiyks/perfbook.git tags/for-paul-2021.03.19a > >> > >> for you to fetch changes up to 0b1692098fb87a4c1d5f2fec9c078ee4462aac85: > >> > >> advsync: Use Oxford comma (2021-03-19 22:19:10 +0900) > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Akira Yokosawa (7): > >> memorder: Fix staccato of 'another' > >> count: Fix typo > >> count: Move ',' to proper position > >> toolsoftrade: Fix typo > >> toolstotrade: Use path of atomic_t.txt under Linux-kernel source tree > >> advsync: Fix typo > >> advsync: Use Oxford comma > >> > >> advsync/advsync.tex | 4 ++-- > >> count/count.tex | 6 +++--- > >> memorder/memorder.tex | 2 +- > >> toolsoftrade/toolsoftrade.tex | 8 +++++--- > >> 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) > >> > >> --------------------- > >> PS. > >> > >> Looking at the Glossaries, I thought entries of "Concurrent" > >> and "Parallel" were missing. > >> > >> And you use these words almost interchangeably. > >> > >> (In-)distinction of them is the topic of Appendix A.2. > >> > >> So maybe it might help readers to put a footnote near the first use > >> of "parallel" telling that in this book, parallel and concurrent are > >> used as synonyms, and cite Appendix A.2. > >> > >> To make this point even clearer, adding entries like > >> > >> Concurrent: In this book, synonym of parallel. > >> > >> Parallel: In this book, synonym of concurrent. > >> > >> in the Glossaries might help readers. > >> > >> Thoughts? > > > > Like this? > > Looks good to me. Thank you, pushed! I also pushed the last change from my review of all of my year-2021 changes. How are things at your end? Thanx, Paul > Thanks, Akira > > > > > Thanx, Paul > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > diff --git a/glossary.tex b/glossary.tex > > index da54482..c6c9c62 100644 > > --- a/glossary.tex > > +++ b/glossary.tex > > @@ -145,6 +145,12 @@ > > \item[Communication Miss:]\index{Communication miss} > > A cache miss incurred because some other CPU has written to > > the cache line since the last time this CPU accessed it. > > +\item[Concurrent:]\index{Concurrent} > > + In this book, a synonym of parallel. > > + Please see \cref{sec:app:questions:What is the Difference Between ``Concurrent'' and ``Parallel''?} > > + on \cpageref{sec:app:questions:What is the Difference Between ``Concurrent'' and ``Parallel''?} > > + for a discussion of the recent distinction between these two > > + terms. > > \item[Critical Section:]\index{Critical section} > > A section of code guarded by some synchronization mechanism, > > so that its execution constrained by that primitive. > > @@ -348,6 +354,12 @@ > > directly to the work that must be accomplished. > > For example, lock acquisition and release is normally considered > > to be overhead, and specifically to be synchronization overhead. > > +\item[Parallel:]\index{Parallel} > > + In this book, a synonym of concurrent. > > + Please see \cref{sec:app:questions:What is the Difference Between ``Concurrent'' and ``Parallel''?} > > + on \cpageref{sec:app:questions:What is the Difference Between ``Concurrent'' and ``Parallel''?} > > + for a discussion of the recent distinction between these two > > + terms. > > \item[Performance:]\index{Performance} > > Rate at which work is done, expressed as work per unit time. > > If this work is fully serialized, then the performance will > >
