* Nelson, Trent . <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020501 06:41] wrote: > Hi, > > I'm working on porting the Linux Cisco VPN client kernel module to > FreeBSD. The API interface between the OS and their actual driver has four > spinlock functions that operate around a handle (void *) to a ``critical > section'': > > CNI_free_spin_lock > CNI_new_spin_lock > CNI_spin_lock > CNI_spin_unlock > > Funnily enough, these wrap the Linux spinlock_t/spin_lock*() > functionality quite nicely. Does the FreeBSD kernel offer such a trivial > spinlock facility? If not, could anyone suggest what type of locking > mechanism would best be used?
man 9 mutex, see the MTX_SPIN section, but you might not need it. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
