Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:58:19 -0500 From: "Dieter BSD" <dieterbsd@engineer.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Giant lock gone? (was: Re: ...focus, longevity, and lifecycle) Message-ID: <20120119005820.218250@gmx.com>
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> The original goal for 5.0 was to completely remove the Giant lock (and > do other cool SMP-related stuff). Eventually it was realized that this > was too big a goal to fully accomplish in 5.0 (albeit too late in the > process) and the goal was changed to do the basic framework for the new > SMP model; and lay the groundwork for "some things run under Giant for > now, and we'll remove it from them ASAP." That actually turned out to > last through 6, making 7 the realization of what 5.0 was supposed to be. So you are saying that the Giant lock was completely removed in 7.0? 8.2 says: atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED] psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
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