Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 21:43:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removing Giant from VFS in 10.0 (was: Re: skipping locks, mutex_owned, usb) Message-ID: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1108262140240.1411@multics.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108261007110.48200@fledge.watson.org> References: <4E53986B.5000804@FreeBSD.org> <201108230911.09021.jhb@freebsd.org> <4E564F15.3010809@FreeBSD.org> <201108250945.24606.jhb@freebsd.org> <4e576127.Suqlhieb0FMDx8cB%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108261007110.48200@fledge.watson.org>
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On Fri, 26 Aug 2011, Robert Watson wrote: > We also need to start announcing this early in the 10.0 cycle so that > third-party file system developers for FreeBSD -- especially anyone > interested in things like OpenAFS and Fuse, can do appropriate updates there > as well. For what it's worth, OpenAFS already passes MNTK_MPSAFE /* solid steel */, with what I expect is nearly-correct locking. -Ben
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