Hi, On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 11:15:28AM +0000, Frediano Ziglio wrote: > Signed-off-by: Frediano Ziglio <fziglio@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > docs/spice_threading_model.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/docs/spice_threading_model.txt b/docs/spice_threading_model.txt > index 9351141c8..1ed82d4b4 100644 > --- a/docs/spice_threading_model.txt > +++ b/docs/spice_threading_model.txt > @@ -39,6 +39,20 @@ connect, disconnect and migrate. Connect and migrate are asynchronous (the job > is done while the current thread is doing something else) while disconnect is > synchronous (the main thread will wait for termination). > > +One aspect to take into consideration is the event scheduling. SPICE uses some > +`SpiceCoreInterface` to handle events. As the events will be handled from a > +thread based on the core interface you have to use the correct core. Each > +channel has an associated core interface which can be retrieved using > +`red_channel_get_core_interface`. There's also a main core interface you can get > +using `reds_get_core_interface`. `reds_core_timer_*` and `reds_core_watch_*` > +functions use the main core interface. > +Even though multiple channel types run in the main thread and so could use > +directly the main code interface, for coherence, rule simplicity and to allows > +the code to be moved in a separate thread easily if needed, it's advisable to > +use the channel core interface (that will be the main core interface in this > +case). > +Currently character devices and not channel code runs in the main thread. > + For both patches Acked-by: Victor Toso <victortoso@xxxxxxxxxx> I would suggest changing the suffix to .md so it can be recognized properly in gitlab https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/spice/blob/master/docs/spice_threading_model.txt > Reference counting and ownership > -------------------------------- > -> pointer > -- > 2.20.1 > > _______________________________________________ > Spice-devel mailing list > Spice-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/spice-devel
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