* Robert Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [071020 10:21] wrote: > > On Sat, 20 Oct 2007, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > >Alfred Perlstein wrote: > >>Hey guys, I have LOCK_PROFILING done for a product based on FreeBSD-6, > >>this means I can relatively easily backport LOCK_PROFILING from FreeBSD-7 > >>to FreeBSD-6. > >> > >>Do we want this? > >> > >>I'd like to do it if people want it. > > > >I think it should be done, performance is a lot better than the old 6.x > >version and it also adds another very useful performance metric (time > >spent waiting for the lock). The only concern is that it doesn't break > >ABI support when not compiled in, but I'm pretty sure you've already told > >me this is OK. Thanks for looking at this. > > This is my feeling also -- I would consider ABI breakage a show stopper for > 6.x, but feel otherwise that the new code is much more mature and capable > and would be quite beneficial to people building appliances and related > products on 6.x. You might check with Attilio about whether there are any > remaining outstanding issues that need to be resolved first, and make sure > to send a heads up out on stable@ and put a note in UPDATING that the > option and details have changed.
I still get confused as to the meaning of this... It only breaks ABI when it's enabled. I think that is OK, right? -- - Alfred Perlstein _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
