Change "Memory Barriers" to "Optimization Barriers".

[pintos-anon] / doc / threads.texi

diff --git a/doc/threads.texi b/doc/threads.texi
index 7964879223fb93e4ad7e67e791c1946b4b68e649..ac28ba86830da78c8431fd400edd164c5d959b94 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/threads.texi
+++ b/doc/threads.texi
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ The first step is to read and understand the code for the initial thread
 system.
 Pintos already implements thread creation and thread completion,
 a simple scheduler to switch between threads, and synchronization
-primitives (semaphores, locks, condition variables, and memory
+primitives (semaphores, locks, condition variables, and optimization
 barriers).
 
 Some of this code might seem slightly mysterious.  If
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ Infrastructure}, for more information.
 @item synch.c
 @itemx synch.h
 Basic synchronization primitives: semaphores, locks, condition
-variables, and memory barriers.  You will need to use these for
+variables, and optimization barriers.  You will need to use these for
 synchronization in all
 four projects.  @xref{Synchronization}, for more information.
 
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ When a thread is added to the ready list that has a higher priority
 than the currently running thread, the current thread should
 immediately yield the processor to the new thread.  Similarly, when
 threads are waiting for a lock, semaphore, or condition variable, the
-highest priority waiting thread should be woken up first.  A thread
+highest priority waiting thread should be awakened first.  A thread
 may raise or lower its own priority at any time, but lowering its
 priority such that it no longer has the highest priority must cause it
 to immediately yield the CPU.
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ policy at Pintos startup time.  By default, the priority scheduler
 must be active, but we must be able to choose the 4.4@acronym{BSD}
 scheduler
 with the @option{-mlfqs} kernel option.  Passing this
-option sets @code{enable_mlfqs}, declared in @file{threads/init.h}, to
+option sets @code{thread_mlfqs}, declared in @file{threads/thread.h}, to
 true when the options are parsed by @func{parse_options}, which happens
 midway through @func{main}.