Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 12:31:05 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: Jeffrey Hsu <hsu@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_descrip.c Message-ID: <20030121203105.GJ33821@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <200301212020.h0LKKmlk016779@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200301212020.h0LKKmlk016779@repoman.freebsd.org>
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* Jeffrey Hsu <hsu@FreeBSD.org> [030121 12:21] wrote: > hsu 2003/01/21 12:20:48 PST > > Modified files: > sys/kern kern_descrip.c > Log: > Add missing SMP file locks around read-modify-write operations on > the flag field. You shouldn't need these, if the user code races against itself to set flags it shoudn't matter. You can't prevent user races inside the kernel. > Reviewed by: rwatson huh? Sorry, but since when is Robert an SMP guru or filedesc guru? -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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