From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 28 09:32:23 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5857216A4CF; Tue, 28 Oct 2003 09:32:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C87294400B; Tue, 28 Oct 2003 09:32:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bright@elvis.mu.org) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id C32692ED44D; Tue, 28 Oct 2003 09:32:21 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 09:32:21 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav Message-ID: <20031028173221.GF6725@elvis.mu.org> References: <200310251614.h9PGE925019013@repoman.freebsd.org> <20031025233749.GW99943@elvis.mu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: Robert Watson cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_sig.c X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 17:32:23 -0000 * Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav [031026 03:16] wrote: > Alfred Perlstein writes: > > This is bad, it's time to add a flag to the vnode to do this > > properly instead of relying upon the underlying FS to implement > > the locking. > > Sounds like a layering violation to me - or am I talking out of my > nether regions? The underlying filesystem can not be trusted to do the locking for us and we can do a better job of it ourselves. -- - Alfred Perlstein - Research Engineering Development Inc. - email: bright@mu.org cell: 408-480-4684