On 05/05/16(Thu) 19:03, Pavan Maddamsetti wrote:
> I have been reading about ongoing improvements to SMP in OpenBSD. My
> understanding is that context switching from userspace to the kernel can be
> hazardous if shared resources are not protected by locking.
The context switching it not the
I have been reading about ongoing improvements to SMP in OpenBSD. My
understanding is that context switching from userspace to the kernel can be
hazardous if shared resources are not protected by locking. OpenBSD
currently has a "giant lock" for safe concurrent access to kernel data
structures. It
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