Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 01:54:17 +1030 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan Sm rgrav) Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, joelh@gnu.org, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: File I/O in kernel land (was: Re: 2nd warning: 2.2.6 BETA begins in 10 days!) Message-ID: <199801271524.BAA00529@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "27 Jan 1998 16:26:14 BST." <xzpra5uj5ux.fsf@grjottunagard.ifi.uio.no>
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> > > 1 not set the flag (that's probably a bad idea, as it's what tells > > syscons not to futz with anything) > > Exactly what dire consequences can this have? Look for everything else that tests for it. Anything that does so, and isn't guarded against the screensaver being active, is a candidate for problems. It's possible that there aren't any; I just threw a quick eye over stuff. I would be most worried about console switches; you want to make sure that you get out of the screensaver before the switch happens. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\
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