From owner-freebsd-arch Wed Dec 13 0:59: 8 2000 From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 13 00:59:07 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from smtp03.primenet.com (smtp03.primenet.com [206.165.6.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96B4437B400; Wed, 13 Dec 2000 00:59:06 -0800 (PST) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp03.primenet.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id BAA12259; Wed, 13 Dec 2000 01:56:47 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr08.primenet.com(206.165.6.208) via SMTP by smtp03.primenet.com, id smtpdAAAx.aa6x; Wed Dec 13 01:56:42 2000 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr08.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA26893; Wed, 13 Dec 2000 01:58:58 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <200012130858.BAA26893@usr08.primenet.com> Subject: Re: An opaque refcount type To: bmilekic@technokratis.com (Bosko Milekic) Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 08:58:58 +0000 (GMT) Cc: jasone@canonware.com (Jason Evans), jhb@FreeBSD.ORG (John Baldwin), arch@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Bosko Milekic" at Dec 12, 2000 10:05:00 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: tlambert@usr08.primenet.com Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Having a mutex accompany a ref. counter is really not a good idea. The mutex is solely for supporting INVARIANTS. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message