Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 20:19:15 +0100 From: "Attilio Rao" <attilio@freebsd.org> To: duane@dwlabs.ca Cc: Alexander@leidinger.net, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Locking fundamentals Message-ID: <3bbf2fe10612281119w136f0561p2c0f7efd924d3b80@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20061224092427.GD10511@dwpc.dwlabs.ca> References: <20061220041843.GA10511@dwpc.dwlabs.ca> <3bbf2fe10612200414j4c1c01ecr7b37e956b70b01fa@mail.gmail.com> <458A249D.3030502@FreeBSD.org> <3bbf2fe10612210558m66795673kd352a385a98f6e2b@mail.gmail.com> <20061222134113.T65423@fledge.watson.org> <3bbf2fe10612221425j62374c46q538ca2e256f7efc2@mail.gmail.com> <20061223142410.2a2b783c@Magellan.Leidinger.net> <20061224092427.GD10511@dwpc.dwlabs.ca>
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2006/12/24, Duane Whitty <duane@dwlabs.ca>: > On Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 02:24:10PM +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > > Quoting "Attilio Rao" <attilio@freebsd.org> (Fri, 22 Dec 2006 23:25:53 +0100): > > > > > 2006/12/22, Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>: > > > > On Thu, 21 Dec 2006, Attilio Rao wrote: > > > > [explanation] > > > > Could someone of you make a copy and paste of and a little bit of gluing > > the parts together somewhere? Maybe in the wiki? > > One of the reasons for my initial mail is that I would like > to help with the Architecture Handbook. That is where I would > like to put the content of this thread as well as other emails > I have been reading/saving regarding locking/threads/scheduling. This would be a great idea. A 'locking manual' chapter would be a very nice thing (and we could add a section on 'prefered strategies' into the kernel, a sort of 'how do proper locking' showing some real cases). I think that the better person to review the work would be jhb@ but I don't know his current level of busy-ness :P. I hope to see something in this direction, ASAP. Attilio -- Peace can only be achieved by understanding - A. Einstein
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