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| author | Qi Wang <interwq@gwu.edu> | 2017-10-06 15:51:35 -0700 |
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| committer | Qi Wang <interwq@gmail.com> | 2017-10-11 09:52:04 -0700 |
| commit | fc83de0384a2ad87cf5059d4345acf014c77e6e4 (patch) | |
| tree | 47e90b6685a6406e0eec7b7519e207867fcf2e40 | |
| parent | 7e74093c96c019ce52aee9a03fc745647d79ca5f (diff) | |
Document the potential issues about opt.background_thread.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/jemalloc.xml.in | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/jemalloc.xml.in b/doc/jemalloc.xml.in index dda9a733..8151b5ba 100644 --- a/doc/jemalloc.xml.in +++ b/doc/jemalloc.xml.in @@ -1010,9 +1010,12 @@ mallctl("arena." STRINGIFY(MALLCTL_ARENAS_ALL) ".decay", (<type>const bool</type>) <literal>r-</literal> </term> - <listitem><para>Internal background worker threads enabled/disabled. See - <link linkend="background_thread">background_thread</link> for dynamic - control options and details. This option is disabled by + <listitem><para>Internal background worker threads enabled/disabled. + Because of potential circular dependencies, enabling background thread + using this option may cause crash or deadlock during initialization. For + a reliable way to use this feature, see <link + linkend="background_thread">background_thread</link> for dynamic control + options and details. This option is disabled by default.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> |