Meaning of nonalertable | Babel Free

Definitions

Not alertable; not listening for notifications from other threads of execution.

not-comparable

Examples

“A file-copying example highlights NT's potent asynchronous I/O features, contrasting the extended (i.e., alertable) read, write, and wait functions with their standard (i.e., nonalertable) counterparts.”

“The bottom line: perform nonalertable waits unless you know you shouldn't.”

“Blocking is done with a nonalertable wait, and waiters are released in a roughly FIFO order, although the lock is unfair and will permit concurrent acquisition attempts to succeed.”

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