Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 09:45:18 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mutexes and semaphores (was: cvs commit: src/sys/conf files Message-ID: <39CFF19E.CD689985@newsguy.com> References: <200009252006.NAA00200@usr02.primenet.com>
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Terry Lambert wrote: > > With recrusion permitted mutexes, people will find themselves > reinventing this for FreeBSD in order ot get non-recursing > mutexes for similar situations. Err... recursability is an option. With the present code, unless I understood everything I heard so far completely wrong, you can have a mutex act in either recursive or non-recursive ways. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org capo@the.secret.bsdconspiracy.net "I demand that my picture show a handsome face, even if it doesn't look like me." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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