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Date:      Sun, 26 Oct 2014 02:17:04 +0200
From:      Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Andrey Chernov <ache@freebsd.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r273601 - head/lib/libc/gen
Message-ID:  <20141026001704.GA55021@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net>
In-Reply-To: <544B1C34.1020204@freebsd.org>
References:  <201410241955.s9OJtnbm014234@svn.freebsd.org> <544B0930.8010004@freebsd.org> <544B1C34.1020204@freebsd.org>

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On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 07:42:44AM +0400, Andrey Chernov wrote:
> On 25.10.2014 6:21, Andrey Chernov wrote:
> > On 24.10.2014 23:55, John Baldwin wrote:
> >> Author: jhb
> >> Date: Fri Oct 24 19:55:49 2014
> >> New Revision: 273601
> >> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/273601
> >>
> >> Log:
> >>   Don't reference sem(4) from the POSIX semaphore pages.  POSIX semaph=
ores
> >>   were reimplemented using umtx in FreeBSD 9 and no longer use sem(4).
> >=20
> > sem kernel module referenced in sem(4) uses the same uipc_sem.c file as
> > kernel's P1003_1B_SEMAPHORES option, so they both use the same code and
> > better be cross-linked since sem(4) explains how to turn it on.
> >=20
>=20
> From the first glance I can't determine, is libc implementation better
> than kernel one or not. BTW, firefox port still recommends sem_load=3D"YE=
S"
>=20
Firefox still recommands sem_load because we still support FreeBSD 8.

regards,
Bapt

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