On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 10:38:20AM -0700, Matt Thomas wrote:
> >
> >Yes. The MD syscall code checks for the SYSCALL_MPSAFE flag and
> >doesn't take the big-lock if it's set. It's currently only set for
> >getpid(). Exactly what else it could be easily applied to is less
> >clear; getpid() is the only true no-brainer that requires taking no
> >locks on anything at all.
> 
> get*gid?
> get*uid?

While another thread is doing set*[gu]id ?

	David

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