Subject: Re: Buffers and vnodes
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: Bill Stouder-Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/25/2007 11:30:16
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On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 08:06:37PM +0200, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 02:13:51PM +0100, Andrew Doran wrote:
> > I've been looking into simplifying the locking, as it's unclear what's
> > covered by the long term lock (B_BUSY) and the short term lock
> > (b_interlock). One thing I'd like to do is replace b_interlock with a
> > pointer to the interlock for the vnode that the buffer is currently
> > associated with.
>=20
> Is it really a good idea to make the vnode locking even more
> complicated?

Are you sure this will make vnode locking more complicated?

Take care,

Bill

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