Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 19:45:33 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@spinner.DIALix.COM> To: Peter Wemm <peter@freefall.freebsd.org> Cc: CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-sys@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 exception.s Message-ID: <199704071145.TAA00701@spinner.DIALix.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 07 Apr 1997 04:42:13 MST." <199704071142.EAA10277@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Peter Wemm wrote: > peter 97/04/07 04:42:13 > > Modified: sys/i386/i386 exception.s > Log: > Lower the spl() of the new process from splhigh() right away, since > nothing else will lower it until either much later, or never(?) for > kernel processes. > > This basically re-fixes what Bruce fixed in rev 1.29 of kern_fork.c, > which was broken again now the child does not execute back up the fork() > calling tree. BTW, I'm not 100% sure about this, I'm waiting for confirmation from Bruce, but this machine runs a heck of a lot better with it. (The regular "calcru: negative time" messages seem to have stopped). There may be some followup commits. Cheers, -Peter
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