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Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 21:44:38 -0500 (EST)
From: Bosko Milekic <bmilekic@technokratis.com>
Subject: Re: MEXT_IS_REF broken.
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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




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