On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 01:18:05PM -0800, Julian Elischer wrote:
> Jason Evans wrote:
> >
> > Mutexes should be used in places where simplelocks were used. With few
> > exceptions, sleep mutexes should be used (even though simplelocks were spin
> > locks). See mutex(9) for details. Be forewarned that there is work in
> > progress to clean up the mutex API that will probably be checked in within
> > a week. Transitioning from the current mutex API to the upcoming one will
> > be trivial, but it will have to be done if you convert to mutexes in the
> > next few days.
>
> where can we see the new spec (or at least a sample)?
This is the most recent patch. I expect that the final result will be
pretty similar, though Bosko may still change a couple of details:
http://people.freebsd.org/~bmilekic/code/mutex_cleanup-5.patch
Jason
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