On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 12:04:09AM -0800, Randy White wrote: > I love NetBSD, and I would like to contribute. I see the open job for > lockless queues, and stacks. I want to learn, and I want to help. I have > literature on UNIX kernel development. I have many systems and I think I > could fund myself for the most part. I am familiar with lockless programming. > > I am looking forward to working on netbsd and help maintaining its > awesomeness.
Randy, That's great. Let me know how I can help you to get started. It sounds like you're already familiar with NetBSD, how and where we communicate, etc. BTW, we have a lockless queue in NetBSD called pcq(9). People will disagree whether it is the best/only lockless queue for the purpose of, say, SMP networking. pcq(9) uses a fixed-size ring buffer, which may be advantageous in some scenarios and a liability in others. We are notably lacking a fast *linked* FIFO queue---i.e., one that can take the place of struct ifqueue/IF_ENQUEUE()/IF_DEQUEUE() for mbuf queues. Dave -- David Young dyo...@pobox.com Urbana, IL (217) 721-9981
