From owner-freebsd-arch Tue Aug 20 22:58: 4 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7888037B6AB; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 22:58:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from flamingo.mail.pas.earthlink.net (flamingo.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.232]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 147A043E3B; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 22:58:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tlambert2@mindspring.com) Received: from pool0170.cvx22-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([209.179.198.170] helo=mindspring.com) by flamingo.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17hOV6-0000F3-00; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 22:57:53 -0700 Message-ID: <3D632BA8.45C64D10@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 22:56:56 -0700 From: Terry Lambert X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Maxime Henrion Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Solving the stack gap issue References: <200208171918.aa72556@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> <20020818055951.N12475-100000@gamplex.bde.org> <15714.17605.575558.398279@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <20020820153515.GL75574@elvis.mu.org> <20020820184624.GB86074@elvis.mu.org> <3D62D292.D0F3FEE6@mindspring.com> <20020821011201.GC86074@elvis.mu.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Maxime Henrion wrote: > Terry Lambert wrote: > > I thought this was already do-able on a call by call basis? From > > sysent.h: > [ripped code] > > I'm aware of this flag, the subject of this thread was about *removing* > it and let the syscalls acquire Giant on an invidual basis. I think you've misinterpreted. Can't this be done one function at a time *using this flag*? I don't see what the big deal is about, if this can be done incrementally, is all. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message