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Date:      Mon, 20 Nov 2000 14:26:38 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, Doug Rabson <dfr@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/alpha clock.c db_interface.c inter
Message-ID:  <XFMail.001120142638.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20001119124403.M18037@fw.wintelcom.net>

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On 19-Nov-00 Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> * Doug Rabson <dfr@FreeBSD.org> [001119 04:29] wrote:
>> dfr         2000/11/19 04:28:42 PST
>> 
>>   Modified files:
>>     sys/alpha/alpha      clock.c db_interface.c interrupt.c 
>>                          mp_machdep.c prom.c vm_machdep.c 
>>   Log:
>>   Convert various calls to splhigh() to disable_intr() since splhigh() is
>>   now a no-op.
> 
> Afaik the concensus was that spl's were not to be removed even
> though they are no-ops.

More like that spl's shouldnt' be removed until they are replaced by locks or
something else.  There are actually several spl's lying around sched_lock that
should probably be axed as they serve to simply clutter the code.

> You should probably put them back.

Perhaps if they are to be replaced with a lock later on.

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