Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 15:08:47 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: jhb@FreeBSD.org Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man9 timeout.9 Message-ID: <20031001.150847.133444105.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20031001153606.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <200310010548.h915mm3c063666@repoman.freebsd.org> <XFMail.20031001153606.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> writes:
:
: On 01-Oct-2003 Warner Losh wrote:
: > imp 2003/09/30 22:48:48 PDT
: >
: > FreeBSD src repository
: >
: > Modified files:
: > share/man/man9 timeout.9
: > Log:
: > Document the implications of the callout_stop() returning 0 if the
: > callout has finished or is in progress. Also document that the
: > locking of the callout code for FreeBSD 5 has eliminated the 'or is in
: > progress' clause as a possibility and that such elimination is an
: > accident of the implementation and shouldn't be relied upon.
:
: It has? I had to work around the callot_stop() race with msleep()
: and endtsleep() to fix panics.
Actually it hasn't. I was wrong. Bruce pointed out to me how I was
wrong. I'll fix the docs.
Warner
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