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Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2002 18:07:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man9 spl.9
Cc: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.ORG>, chat@FreeBSD.org
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On 02-Jul-2002 Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> On 2002-07-01 15:08 +0000, Warner Losh wrote:
>> imp         2002/07/01 15:08:43 PDT
>> 
>>   Modified files:
>>     share/man/man9       spl.9 
>>   Log:
>>   Document what splnet and splimp are in FreeBSD
> 
> So splimp() doesn't mean "stop committing, until imp says ok" ?

No, it _blocks_ imp from committing until the appropriate splx()
allows him to interrupt normal progress in the tree again. :)

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