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Date:      Mon, 12 Jul 1999 06:32:58 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Luoqi Chen <luoqi@watermarkgroup.com>
To:        dfr@nlsystems.com, jeremyp@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, mike@ducky.net
Subject:   Re: "objtrm" problem probably found (was Re: Stuck in "objtrm")
Message-ID:  <199907121032.GAA14268@lor.watermarkgroup.com>

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> We don't need the lock prefix for the current SMP implementation. A lock
> prefix would be needed in a multithreaded implementation but should not be
> added unless the kernel is an SMP kernel otherwise UP performance would
> suffer.
> 
> --
> Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
> Nonlinear Systems Ltd.			Phone: +44 181 442 9037
> 
Lock prefix should be added to kernel modules if we want a single set for
both SMP and UP.

-lq


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