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Subject: Re: Critical Sections for userland.
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Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> writes:
> Do you have:
>
> a) Evidence or a paper to prove that this is a bad idea?

I need evidence or a paper to prove that it is a bad idea to allow a
userland process to hold the CPU indefinitely?

> b) A helpful suggestion?

Why don't you tell us what you're actually trying to do, so we can tell
you how to do it.

> c) An obvious understanding of the problem?

I'll show you mine if you show me yours.

DES
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