Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 21:19:54 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Andrew <andrew@ugh.net.au> Cc: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>, Volker Stolz <stolz@hyperion.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>, Ian <freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: idprio Message-ID: <3CA1567A.8972441A@mindspring.com> References: <20020327092520.V24232-100000@starbug.ugh.net.au>
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Andrew wrote: > On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > Sure it can, if the idprio process has locked a vnode trying to update > > But if system calls aren't preempted under what circumstances can a > process hold a vnode lock and then be usurped for processor? I didn't say that. But yes, locking in FreeBSD is a mess right now. Live with it: priority inversion won't be fixed until priority lending is supported. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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