Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 22:28:21 +0000 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: Jake Burkholder <jake@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/alpha sys_machdep.c vm_machdep.c src/sys/compat/svr4 svr4_misc.c src/sys/i386/i386 vm_machdep.c src/sys/ia64/ia64 vm_machdep.c src/sys/kern kern_exec.c kern_exit.c kern_fork.c kern_kthread.c kern_ktrace.c kern_proc.c ... Message-ID: <20001223222821.B54578@tao.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <200012232154.eBNLspF99950@gratis.grondar.za>; from mark@grondar.za on Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 11:54:55PM %2B0200 References: <200012231943.eBNJhAr88909@freefall.freebsd.org> <200012232154.eBNLspF99950@gratis.grondar.za>
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On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 11:54:55PM +0200, Mark Murray wrote: > > Protect proc.p_pptr and proc.p_children/p_sibling with the > > proctree_lock. > > For the education of us folks trying to learn and understand what's > going on in the kernel, could I ask you gurus to go into a little > bit of detail concerning the effects of this sort of commit? > > IE: "Fixes a lockup", or "speeds up kernel" or "further reduces > need for Giant" kind of things, except with a tad more detail. > > Thanks! :-) That'd be great. Seconded. :) Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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