[HACKERS] Re: LOCK Fixes/Break on FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE

[Larry Rosenman]

* Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001128 22:55]:
> Larry Rosenman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >> Here is the "Current" /usr/include/machine/lock.h:
> >> ...
> >> void       s_lock                  __P((struct simplelock *));
> >> ...
> 
> Ick.  Seems like the relevant question is not so much "why did it break"
> as "how did it ever manage to work"?
> 
> I have no problem with renaming our s_lock, if that's what it takes,
> but I'm curious to know why there is a problem now and not before.
> We've called that routine s_lock for a *long* time, so it seems
> like there must be some factor involved that I don't see just yet...
Didn't your commit message say something about the TAS and NON-TAS
paths being the same now? 


> 
>                       regards, tom lane
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