Subject: Re: Restartable Atomic Sequences
To: None <g.mcgarry@ieee.org>
From: None <cgd@broadcom.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 07/07/2002 22:22:46
At Sun, 7 Jul 2002 01:11:26 +0000 (UTC), "Gregory McGarry" wrote:
> Valid values for type (from Mach) are:
> 
> RAS_CONTROL_INSTALL_ONE
> RAS_CONTROL_PURGE_ONE
> RAS_CONTROL_PURGE_ALL
> RAS_CONTROL_PURGE_ALL_AND_INSTALL_ONE
> 
> The semantics basically match the Mach usage.  RASs would be
> inherited across a fork.

(Why is the latter useful enough to merit being implemented?)



chris