Subject: Re: Prototype kernel continuation-passing for NetBSD
To: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@dsg.stanford.edu>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 03/27/2004 12:41:16
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On Mar 27, 2004, at 10:35 AM, Jonathan Stone wrote:

> We seem to be at cross-purposes again. The whole point of this change
> is to be able to call sosend() from outside of process context: from a
> softint or (in my case) from a kcont.

This is something I've been worried about... calling code not meant for 
interrupt context from an interrupt context (e.g. a softint).

If you start doing that, then everything that sosend touches has to be 
protected with an appropriate spl.

I'm a little worried about all the implications of where this is going.

         -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>


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