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Date:      Tue, 5 Jun 2007 15:11:54 -0400
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        Attilio Rao <attilio@freebsd.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_mutex.c
Message-ID:  <200706051511.56553.jhb@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <200706051857.l55IvAYP094328@repoman.freebsd.org>
References:  <200706051857.l55IvAYP094328@repoman.freebsd.org>

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On Tuesday 05 June 2007 02:57:09 pm Attilio Rao wrote:
> attilio     2007-06-05 18:57:09 UTC
> 
>   FreeBSD src repository
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sys/kern             kern_mutex.c 
>   Log:
>   Fix a problem with not-preemptive kernels caming from mis-merging of
>   existing code with the new thread_lock patch.
>   This also cleans up a bit unlock operation for mutexes.
>   
>   Approved by: jhb, jeff(mentor)

Specifically, this retires the explicit preemption code in mtx_unlock()
(inherited from BSD/OS) in the #ifndef PREEMPTION case.  We now only do
preemptions as a scheduling decision in the scheduler and only
#ifdef PREEMPTION.

-- 
John Baldwin



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