os_fork: more doc tweaks

pull/564/head
David Wilson 6 years ago
parent 7763549653
commit d51e70636d

@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ class Corker(object):
where it will block until the socket buffer is drained, or the write side
is closed.
We can ensure the thread really has blocked outside of any Python locks by
checking if the socket buffer has started to fill using a
:class:`mitogen.core.Poller`.
:class:`mitogen.core.Poller` is used to ensure the thread really has
blocked outside any Python locks, by checking if the socket buffer has
started to fill.
Since this necessarily involves posting a message to every existent thread
and verifying acknowledgement, it will never be a fast operation.

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