Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 22:34:47 +0000 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee>, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, bright@hotjobs.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: question about re-entrancy. Message-ID: <l03020903b2b842a7c47f@[194.32.164.2]> In-Reply-To: <199901052043.NAA09607@mt.sri.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990105223702.5112Y-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> <199901052008.NAA09332@mt.sri.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.990105223702.5112Y-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee>
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At 1:43 pm -0700 5/1/99, Nate Williams wrote: >A 'critical section of code' is a portion of the code that is accessing >a shared resource, which can be protected by using an object lock. Erm, make that "...accessing *one or more* shared resources.", which is why it isn't the same thing as an object lock (except in the degenerate case). -- Bob Bishop (0118) 977 4017 international code +44 118 rb@gid.co.uk fax (0118) 989 4254 between 0800 and 1800 UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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