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Date:      Mon, 19 Mar 2007 22:14:33 +0000
From:      "Bruce M. Simpson" <bms@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Ignacio Rey <unixero@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: networking code and splx()
Message-ID:  <45FF0B49.9060008@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20070319203709.1272a470@debian>
References:  <20070319203709.1272a470@debian>

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Ignacio Rey wrote:
> ...
> The question is: Have calls to these functions been wrapped? or are they
> simply not used in this context?
>   
splx() and friends have been no-ops since FreeBSD 5.x was branched. 
Synchronization is now done using other mechanisms such as mutexes and 
spin locks. See the new man page locking(9) in -CURRENT.

Regards,
BMS



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