On Friday 23 April 2010 15:32:57 Owain Ainsworth wrote: > CVSROOT: /cvs > Module name: src > Changes by: o...@cvs.openbsd.org 2010/04/23 13:32:57 > > Modified files: > sys/ntfs : ntfs_ihash.c > > Log message: > It is about time that we stopped pretending simple_locks are locks. > > replace ntfs_nthash_slock usage with comments prefixed XXXLOCKING (for > grepability). > > This lock looks to be correct, but it could well be the bad way to do it > (having a rwlock for inserts to avoid races inserting the same inode but > then simple locking on list accesses). > > approach discussed with deraadt@
First, thanks for the bit of love on the ntfs stuff. I use my laptop routinely now, to rescue files from diseased Windows machines. For this change (and the cd?), is there anything special I should be looking out for, when testing this? Anything that might push the envelope some? Thanks! --STeve Andre'
