Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 15:36:06 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: cvs commit: src/share/man/man9 timeout.9 Message-ID: <XFMail.20031001153606.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200310010548.h915mm3c063666@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On 01-Oct-2003 Warner Losh wrote: > imp 2003/09/30 22:48:48 PDT > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > share/man/man9 timeout.9 > Log: > Document the implications of the callout_stop() returning 0 if the > callout has finished or is in progress. Also document that the > locking of the callout code for FreeBSD 5 has eliminated the 'or is in > progress' clause as a possibility and that such elimination is an > accident of the implementation and shouldn't be relied upon. It has? I had to work around the callot_stop() race with msleep() and endtsleep() to fix panics. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/
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