From owner-freebsd-net Tue Dec 12 18:43:38 2000 From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 12 18:43:36 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from field.videotron.net (field.videotron.net [205.151.222.108]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 208DC37B400; Tue, 12 Dec 2000 18:43:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from modemcable213.3-201-24.mtl.mc.videotron.ca ([24.201.3.213]) by field.videotron.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.1999.12.14.10.29.p8) with ESMTP id <0G5H00L9HJKGK8@field.videotron.net>; Tue, 12 Dec 2000 21:43:28 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 21:44:38 -0500 (EST) From: Bosko Milekic Subject: Re: MEXT_IS_REF broken. In-reply-to: <20001212175937.M16205@fw.wintelcom.net> To: Alfred Perlstein Cc: Jason Evans , net@FreeBSD.ORG, jhb@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: [...] > And since Chuck backs me up on this, can we consider this discussion > over as soon as John commits his code? I think this is a valid point. This is not the first time the need for proper refcount "interface" arises, or at least the discussion of the need for it, and I would say that it is better to do this now than later. Clearly, the ref. count code in mbuf.h is suffering from a pretty nasty race. Even if we use the particularities of the mbuf cluster referencing system to fix it one way now, we're bound to encounter similar problems sooner or later. > thanks, > -- > -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] > "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." Cheers, Bosko Milekic bmilekic@technokratis.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message