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Date:      Sun, 6 Jan 2002 03:27:09 -0600
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
To:        Dan Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com>
Cc:        arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Request for review: getcontext, setcontext, etc
Message-ID:  <20020106032709.A82406@elvis.mu.org>
In-Reply-To: <3C37E559.B011DF29@vigrid.com>; from eischen@vigrid.com on Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 12:49:13AM -0500
References:  <3C37E559.B011DF29@vigrid.com>

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* Dan Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com> [020105 23:36] wrote:
> Is there a reason that getcontext and setcontext need to be
> system calls?

Atomicity?

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org]
'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology,"
 start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'
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