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Date:      Wed, 13 Mar 2002 16:50:18 -0800
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
To:        Brian Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_mtxpool.c src/sys/sys kernel.h src/sys/vm vm_fault.c vm_glue.c vm_map.c vm_map.h vm_pageout.c vm_zone.c
Message-ID:  <20020314005018.GC74829@elvis.mu.org>
In-Reply-To: <200203132348.g2DNmAE12640@freefall.freebsd.org>
References:  <200203132348.g2DNmAE12640@freefall.freebsd.org>

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* Brian Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org> [020313 15:53] wrote:
>   
>   After that, the system is now able to use sx locks instead of lockmgr
>   locks in the VM system.  To accomplish this, some of the more
>   questionable uses of the locks (such as testing whether they are
>   owned or not, as well as allowing shared+exclusive recursion) are
>   removed, and simpler logic throughout is used so locks should also be
>   easier to understand.

So simple that you couldn't explain to me what you did a couple of weeks
ago when you asked me to commit this?

You seem to have turned a binary state into a trinary one but you
offer absolutely zero in terms of explaining what you've changed
other than "getting rid of lockmgr".

So what exactly have you done here?

-- 
-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.'
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