Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 22:29:56 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: Chuck Paterson <cp@bsdi.com>, Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A new api for asynchronous task execution Message-ID: <200005190529.WAA06634@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 18 May 2000 23:19:32 MDT." <3924CEE4.55551D82@softweyr.com>
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> > If you are talking about running processes in > > order based on scheduling priority, this is propagated > > though mutexs which have been blocked on. > > No, speaking of temporarily elevating the priority of a process holding > a lock to the highest priority of all processes blocking on the lock. You could call this "priority lending" so that the rest of us understand what you're talking about. 8) -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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