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Cc: threads@freebsd.org, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, arch@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: [Patch] C1X threading support
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On Wednesday 21 December 2011 18:33:16 Warner Losh wrote:
> On Dec 20, 2011, at 5:50 AM, Niall Douglas wrote:
> > The job was NOT done half-arsed. If you had any experience of sitting
> > on these committees you would know how much dedication and effort is
> > put into standards, especially JTC1 SC22 subcommittees. Every single
> > API in there has been studied and pored over at length across
> > multiple years.
> > 
> > Everything is the way it is for a good reason. If it doesn't make
> > sense to you that's most likely because you're not half as
> > experienced or clever as you think you are. If you really want to
> > know why something is the way it is, all discussion regarding all
> > points is documented in full.
> 
> Incredible claims require incredible proof.  The APIs speak for themselves:
> they are half-assed (and the wrong half in some cases).  To assert that
> they are somehow clever and we're stupid requires that one walk through
> the cleverness.  The participants in this thread likely have a combined
> century of implementation experience with threads.
> 
> Perhaps you can point us to the archives where all this discussion is
> available?
> 

Hi,

Absolute timeouts is no good idea! We should stick with kernel-ticks when 
possible :-)

--HPS