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Date:      Sun, 10 Nov 2002 11:25:59 -0800 (PST)
From:      Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
To:        "Alan L. Cox" <alc@imimic.com>
Cc:        alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: on the same note..
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0211101125460.60718-100000@beppo>
In-Reply-To: <3DCEAB0C.F2898200@imimic.com>

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Err, well, this *is* in vm object allocation...


On Sun, 10 Nov 2002, Alan L. Cox wrote:

> Matthew Jacob wrote:
> > 
> > ....
> > 
> > In vm_object.c you or somebody had a question about atomicity in bumping
> > the object generation count. What is wrong with just making that
> > atomic_add_int for now? I see no locks otherwise covering it.
> 
> It and the other vm_object fields are generally covered by Giant.  I
> believe that vm_object allocation and initialization are the only
> activities that aren't.
> 
> Alan
> 


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