On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 20:14:19 CDT, Alfred Perlstein writes: >I'm not sure what you mean by the refernce to malloc types, I just >thought something along the lines of mutex_t with an API >for trying, allocating, freeing and initializing them.
i'd really like to implement some of the basic solaris primitives: mutex, cv (condition variable), sema p/v. i sent a message to the smp list on this at one point but didn't get much of a response other than cranky noises about "super fine-grained locking isn't worth it". what i'd like to see is the groundwork laid for finER locking so that we can gradually break up the points of contention. mutex/cv/sema are intuitive and taught in every OS course; i don't feel "simple_lock" or "lockmgr" are desirable or adequate. i'm willing to work on it, but i can't get to it for at least a couple of months, so i'm hoping someone else wants to work on it too. aaron To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
