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Date:      Mon, 1 Apr 2002 23:14:40 -0800
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
To:        "Andrew R. Reiter" <arr@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        smp@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Where to initialize certain locks...
Message-ID:  <20020402071440.GF93885@elvis.mu.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1020402010619.18134D-100000@fledge.watson.org>
References:  <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1020402010619.18134D-100000@fledge.watson.org>

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* Andrew R. Reiter <arr@FreeBSD.org> [020401 22:16] wrote:
> 
> I've been looking at some global values that are not associated with any
> one subsystem, but need a lock at some point in order to guarantee correct
> bheavior -- specifically, at the moment, the securelevel value.  I do not
> right away see a clean place for the related lock to be initialized... Am
> I missing some SYSINIT() (or SYSINIT()s) that are meant for helping to
> initialize locks in this type of situation while still
> protecting/promoting correct order (to ensure we init prior to a lock
> attempt)?  Or is that not a good path to go down?

SYSINIT should work provided you run them after the mutex subsystem is
setup. :)

-Alfred

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