On Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 2:35 PM Janne Johansson <icepic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > What is this kernel lock everybody talks about. I mean what is locked? > > Some actions must be done and devs call lock before and after it is > > done, they call unlock? > > What is kernel lock doing exactly, it prevents other procedures to run? > > It is quite a large topic, but the 30 second intro is > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_lock > > Lots of more detailed information is available with a bit of googling. > > -- > May the most significant bit of your life be positive.
I was on wikipedia, i did my gogling. There is too much spread and not very much related to OpenBSD. But it is a large topic i think. And i am not up to understand all. Thank you.
