diff --git a/src/bio.c b/src/bio.c index 108140f7..882d4183 100644 --- a/src/bio.c +++ b/src/bio.c @@ -140,7 +140,15 @@ unsigned long long bioPendingJobsOfType(int type) { * less or equal to the specified number. * * This function may block for long time, it should only be used to perform - * special tasks like AOF rewriting or alike. */ + * the following tasks: + * + * 1) To avoid that the main thread is pushing jobs of a given time so fast + * that the background thread can't process them at the same speed. + * So before creating a new job of a given type the main thread should + * call something like: bioWaitPendingJobsLE(job_type,10000); + * 2) In order to perform special operations that make it necessary to be sure + * no one is touching shared resourced in the background. + */ void bioWaitPendingJobsLE(int type, unsigned long long num) { unsigned long long iteration = 0;