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On 27 Aug 2011, at 02:43, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:

> On Fri, 26 Aug 2011, Robert Watson wrote:
>=20
>> We also need to start announcing this early in the 10.0 cycle so that =
third-party file system developers for FreeBSD -- especially anyone =
interested in things like OpenAFS and Fuse, can do appropriate updates =
there as well.
>=20
> For what it's worth, OpenAFS already passes MNTK_MPSAFE /* solid steel =
*/, with what I expect is nearly-correct locking.

Excellent!

(Although I guess OpenAFS internally has the moral equivalent of a Giant =
lock that protects its own structures, but that's an entirely =
independent problem that the OpenAFS community is already interested =
in?)

Robert=