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Date:      Wed, 20 Dec 2000 21:10:44 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Jake Burkholder <jburkhol@home.com>
Cc:        smp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: review: proctree_lock
Message-ID:  <XFMail.001220211044.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20001220212106.41C6CBA7D@io.yi.org>

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On 20-Dec-00 Jake Burkholder wrote:
> 
> Attached is a patch that adds the proctree_lock.  This is a lockmgr
> lock which protects all parent-child relationships between processes.
> Specifically the field p_pptr, and the p_children/p_sibling list.
> Dependant functions are proc_reparent(), and stop().  proc_reparent
> requires an exclusive hold, stop requires at least a shared hold.
> 
> This will allow several of the trivial proc-related system calls to
> be made MP-safe.
> 
> Please review and test it.

An eyeball of it looks ok.  I'll try to test it tomorrow.

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