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Date:      Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:55:50 +1000 (EST)
From:      Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au>
To:        Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Attilio Rao <attilio@FreeBSD.org>, Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com>, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r196358 - in head: share/man/man9 sys/kern sys/sys
Message-ID:  <20090819194425.S35105@delplex.bde.org>
In-Reply-To: <20090818183858.GB1794@garage.freebsd.pl>
References:  <200908181355.n7IDtmqT019165@svn.freebsd.org> <4A8AC814.2070804@errno.com> <3bbf2fe10908181106u159934b9ofc4c2a5e4793b692@mail.gmail.com> <20090818183858.GB1794@garage.freebsd.pl>

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On Tue, 18 Aug 2009, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 08:06:17PM +0200, Attilio Rao wrote:
>> 2009/8/18 Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com>:
>>> Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
>>>> Log:
>>>>  Remove unused taskqueue_find() function.
>>>>    Reviewed by:  dfr
>>>>  Approved by:  re (kib)
>>>
>>> I don't understand why this should be removed (let alone during a code
>>> freeze).  I can think of several uses for this function including a ddb cmd
>>> that takes a taskq name and dumps it's contents.  The overhead of
>>> maintaining the global list appears minimal.
>>
>> FWIW, I agree with Sam.
>
> The only use I could think of was exactly what Sam suggested - a DDB
> command and that was the only possible use I found.

And ddb cannot call it, since it uses locks unconditionally.

Bruce



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