On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 04:58:54PM -0700, George V. Neville-Neil wrote: > Hi, > > It would seem that splnet() and frieds now simply return 0, > which I figure is part of making the code look like it used > to. What I'm wondering is why the Giant lock is still used in > the socket layer? I thought sockets had had fine grained > locking applied to them. Am I confused? I'm looking at the > bits du jour (-CURRENT). > > Thanks, > George
The short answer is: we're not done. The long answer is: we're not done. :-) We can't simply unwind Giant just anywhere yet because there is still code in other layers that requires Giant. Cheers, -- Bosko Milekic * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * [EMAIL PROTECTED] TECHNOkRATIS Consulting Services * http://www.technokratis.com/ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
