From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Apr 10 7:35: 3 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90BC214D1D for ; Sat, 10 Apr 1999 07:35:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cy@cschuber.net.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id HAA11376 for ; Sat, 10 Apr 1999 07:35:13 -0700 Received: from cschuber.net.gov.bc.ca(142.31.240.113), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda11374; Sat Apr 10 07:35:11 1999 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id HAA10726 for ; Sat, 10 Apr 1999 07:32:41 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199904101432.HAA10726@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdJ10722; Sat Apr 10 07:32:33 1999 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-OS: FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE X-Sender: cy To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How stable is soft updates? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 09 Apr 1999 21:03:48 +0200." <99040921102602.01180@grand.canyon.demon.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 07:32:32 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Revision 1.24, in -current, of ffs_softdep.c: Reorganize locking to avoid holding the lock during calls to bdwrite and brelse (which may sleep in some systems). Would it be good idea to merge this into -stable? Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Open Systems Group Internet: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca ITSD Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca Province of BC "e**(i*pi)+1=0" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message