Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 10:58:42 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: dfr@nlsystems.com (Doug Rabson), msmith@FreeBSD.ORG (Mike Smith), n_hibma@calcaphon.com (Nick Hibma), arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A new api for asynchronous task execution Message-ID: <200005171758.KAA07014@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 17 May 2000 17:45:44 -0000." <200005171745.KAA06412@usr05.primenet.com>
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> > I do hope to be able to replace at least some of these pieces. I like the > > idea of a priority sorted list of tasks, probably using a priority field > > in struct task. > > Bletch. > > This is a job best handled by managing insertion order, rather than > by way of an explicit sort. Insertion order also keeps the structure > both small and generic. You specifically can't "manage insertion order", which is why the queues need to be sorted. Go look at the current problem set before making sweeping assertions like this. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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