Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > But if system calls aren't preempted under what circumstances can a > > process hold a vnode lock and then be usurped for processor? > > While sleeping for IO.
Ideal systems release and reacquire locks when they are going to suspend for a long time (Djikstra's "Banker's Algorithm"). -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
