Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 09:51:27 +0000 From: John Birrell <jb@what-creek.com> To: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, John Birrell <jb@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/amd64/amd64 genassym.c src/sys/arm/arm genassym.c src/sys/i386/i386 genassym.c src/sys/ia64/ia64 genassym.c src/sys/kern subr_prf.c tty_cons.c src/sys/powerpc/powerpc genassym.c src/sys/sparc64/sparc64 ... Message-ID: <20061101095126.GA72578@what-creek.com> In-Reply-To: <20061101093550.GK15861@garage.freebsd.pl> References: <200611010454.kA14spYn014613@repoman.freebsd.org> <20061101093550.GK15861@garage.freebsd.pl>
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On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 10:35:50AM +0100, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > What I'd like is a global printf_lock which will allow me to put many > separate printfs under it and be sure it won't be messed up by other > CPUs. Having it recursive could also eliminate the need for per-CPU > buffers, as I don't think we care about performance here. > > What do you think? I'm not a fan of having people hold a lock over one or more consoles for very long. That doesn't mean that others will share my opinion, though. 8-) -- John Birrell
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