On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 12:08:14PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In doing some kernel profiling analysis it seems that splx is taking up big > chunks of time. > > The mbuf macros call splimp()..splx() explicitly..are they required at > interrupt time? Is there a higher performance way of protecting the necessary > code?
Yes and yes. spl macros are now no-ops in current and are being replaced by locks which protect data structures. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4
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