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Date:      Wed, 13 Feb 2002 03:27:07 -0500
From:      Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/ia64/conf GENERIC src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC src/sys/alpha/conf GENERIC
Message-ID:  <20020213032707.G55750@espresso.q9media.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020213032403.F55750@espresso.q9media.com>; from mike@FreeBSD.org on Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 03:24:03AM -0500
References:  <200202130744.g1D7ixN41503@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020213000544.A11749@dragon.nuxi.com> <20020213032403.F55750@espresso.q9media.com>

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Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> > On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 11:44:59PM -0800, Robert Watson wrote:
> > > rwatson     2002/02/12 23:44:59 PST
> > > 
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     sys/ia64/conf        GENERIC 
> > >     sys/i386/conf        GENERIC 
> > >     sys/alpha/conf       GENERIC 
> > >   Log:
> > >   Remove WITNESS from GENERIC by default: as we grow more locks, this gets
> > >   slower, and may be impeding adoption of -CURRENT by developers.  We
> > 
> > Back this out.  This was discussed in the lists just this past week and
> > it was agreed to leave it.  If you disagreed you should have mentioned it
> > in a public forum.
> > 
> > >   Approved by:    all and sundry (jhb, phk, ...)
> > 
> > Where??  jhb was one of those that agreed in the thread last week to leave
> > it.
> 
> Message-ID: <XFMail.020206010234.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
> 
> : WITNESS can really hurt.  Quite possibly I should turn it off in GENERIC now (I
> : wouldn't mind if someone else did that.)  Before major locking changes people
> : should still use it to look for bugs, but it isn't very efficient I'm afraid. :(

Oops, sorry.  I see in a follow-up, he agreed with you that it should be
left on.

Best regards,
Mike Barcroft

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