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Date:      Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:52:26 -0700
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org>
Cc:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, davidx@viasoft.com.cn, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org, julian@elischer.org
Subject:   Re: Timeout and SMP race
Message-ID:  <3D2C9E8A.8D7657E7@mindspring.com>
References:  <200207101815.g6AIFDm28655@arch20m.dellroad.org>

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Archie Cobbs wrote:
> [ NOTE: I'm moving this discussion to freebsd-arch@freebsd.org ]
> 
> FWIW, here is an API I've used before. This handles all race
> conditions and the 'other thread' question.

I like this timer API.

You need to add a timer_modify_interval (or something similar), so
that intervals can be changed without having to destroy and recreate
the timer, though, to avoid another potential race condition.

-- Terry

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