From 8489d0df9778f9889729bdc5fe1aff2cbeb68cbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick Pelissier Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2018 20:56:28 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify algorithm --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 509ff372..b789c860 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -2053,7 +2053,7 @@ A snapshot is a mechanism to allows a single consumer thread and a single produc (the message is passed atomatically from a thread point of view). The consummer thread has only access to the latest published data of the producer thread. -In practice, it is implemented using an atomic triple buffer. +In practice, it is implemented using a triple buffer (lock-free). This container is designed to be used for easy synchronization inter-threads (and the variable shall be a global one).