On 09.01.2017 04:36, Christos Zoulas wrote: > In article <20170109003130.33807f...@cvs.netbsd.org>, > Kamil Rytarowski <source-changes-d@NetBSD.org> wrote: >> -=-=-=-=-=- >> >> Module Name: src >> Committed By: kamil >> Date: Mon Jan 9 00:31:30 UTC 2017 >> >> Modified Files: >> src/sys/kern: kern_exec.c kern_exit.c kern_fork.c >> >> Log Message: >> Cleanup dead code after revert of racy vfork(2) commit >> >> This removes dead code introduced with the following commit: > > That's not dead code; it is commented out code that we would like > to eventually get working. Rmind committed the change but it caused > some regressions we did not understand. It did not hurt anything as > it was commented out, and served as a reminder that something is > wrong and we should one day track it down and fix it. Now there is > no such reminder. > > dead code = unreachable code but still compiled. > > christos >
It's almost 5 years since commenting out - I assumed that it will rot to the point that it might need to be rewritten. A reminder could be added to roadmap and the code is still there in code history. But if there is a request, I will revert it.
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