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Date:      Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:31:09 -0700
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To:        Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Acquiring a mtx after an sx lock
Message-ID:  <48A9BFED.604@elischer.org>
In-Reply-To: <20080818162411.GA77460@sandvine.com>
References:  <bc2d970808180814ue926d43s7966b36ffa3c9699@mail.gmail.com>	<200808181754.18812.max@love2party.net>	<bc2d970808180902h1ded9bcbp494d276ede0eeed@mail.gmail.com> <20080818162411.GA77460@sandvine.com>

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Ed Maste wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 12:02:56PM -0400, Ryan Stone wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 11:54 AM, Max Laier <max@love2party.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On Monday 18 August 2008 17:14:01 Ryan Stone wrote:
>>>> Are there any problems acquiring a sleep mutex after acquiring an sx
>>> lock?
>>>> man 9 locking says that you can't, but doesn't provide any reasons.
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> Where does it say so?  The interaction table clearly shows: [...]
> 
> Ahh, it seems ups' commit of rmlocks changed the "You have: sx_lock,
> You want: Slp_mtx" case from no to ok (in r173444).


hmmm
you know, I'm not sure what the correct answer is.. I thought rw locks 
were mutex compatible but sx locks were NOT..

> 
> -Ed
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