* Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [071021 01:56] wrote: > Alfred Perlstein wrote: > >* 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? > > > > Yes, that is fine. Other existing debugging options also break ABI when > enabled, so it's OK.
OK, I should have something over the next couple of weeks. -- - Alfred Perlstein _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
