From owner-freebsd-smp Tue Dec 5 12:45: 2 2000 From owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 5 12:45:00 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (c228380-a.sfmissn1.sfba.home.com [24.20.90.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA10037B400 for ; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 12:44:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.osd.bsdi.com (8.11.0/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eB5Ks3F01085; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 12:54:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com) Message-Id: <200012052054.eB5Ks3F01085@mass.osd.bsdi.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Julian Elischer Cc: smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mutex types. In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 05 Dec 2000 10:44:22 PST." <3A2D3786.5E8CC39F@elischer.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 12:54:03 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > In my quest to try get netgraph SMP compatible, I've been diving into the > mutex code. Several things are noticiable. I think you need to spend some time reading over the earlier discussions on this material, as you've got some items out of perspective here, particularly the cost of some of the operations you're considering using. -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message