Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 02:54:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Don Lewis <dl-freebsd@catspoiler.org> To: phk@critter.freebsd.dk Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wiring the sysctl output buffer Message-ID: <200207140954.g6E9sBwr020599@gw.catspoiler.org> In-Reply-To: <51318.1026638915@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On 14 Jul, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <200207140916.g6E9Ghwr020552@gw.catspoiler.org>, Don Lewis writes: > >>I think the best solution to this problem is to add a sysctl system API >>to prewire the output buffer that can be called before grabbing the >>locks. Doing so allows the existing code to operate properly with only >>minimal changes. > > It used to be that sysctl unconditionally wired the output buffer, > but that gave rise to a host of other problems. Anything specific that I should be aware of? > I'm not against the suggested change, but it should be used with > caution. I'd only want to use this when it was the best solution, preferably after checking that SYSCTL_OUT() would actually be called. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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