Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 15:09:16 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net> To: Arun Sharma <adsharma@home.com> Cc: smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: simple_lock() ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990612150817.14320W-100000@cygnus.rush.net> In-Reply-To: <m31zfhfj5j.fsf@c62443-a.frmt1.sfba.home.com>
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On 12 Jun 1999, Arun Sharma wrote: > Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net> writes: > > > The simple_lock/unlock/try_lock stuff looks like precursor work towards > > finer grained SMP. Is this true? right now it looks like it amounts > > to a NOP in SMP and UP systems, is this also true? > > It is a nop in UP systems, but calls some locking primitive on a SMP > system. because of the BGL i don't see why his is nessesary... confused, -Alfred :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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