From owner-cvs-all Thu Aug 30 23:38: 5 2001 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [216.33.66.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B37ED37B403; Thu, 30 Aug 2001 23:38:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@elvis.mu.org) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id 099F881D01; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 01:34:42 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 01:34:42 -0500 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Mike Silbersack Cc: Matt Dillon , John Baldwin , cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern init_sysent.c sysv_msg.c sysv_sem.c Message-ID: <20010831013441.L81307@elvis.mu.org> References: <200108310100.f7V10WG61314@earth.backplane.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from silby@silby.com on Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 10:06:52PM -0400 Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Mike Silbersack [010830 23:57] wrote: > > Actually, I guess now would be a good time to ask. Is grabbing Giant late > / dropping it early a problem? I ask because I'm unclear if it's bad to > have a function that's only part Giant-dependant. It's bad but not incorrect. -- -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.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message