Re: spinlocks

From: francisco <frisco(at)blackant.net>
Date: Thu Mar 20 2003 - 21:56:14 EST

> ones with commit access set the priorities. (Still, it would be nice at
> least to have typos fixed in README.SMP ;)

Doesn't take much to do that; if you see the typos why not submit a diff?

-f
http://www.blackant.net/

• README.SMP.o Thu Mar 20 21:45:48 2003 +++ README.SMP Thu Mar 20 21:50:11 2003 @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -The SMP branch is irregularily updated from the trunk. To do this +The SMP branch is irregularly updated from the trunk. To do this you mainly need to carry out the following procedure.
  • Determine the new synchronization tag to use. There are two used alternately; SMP_SYNC_A and SMP_SYNC_B. You can use several hueristics to find out which one was used last, and then use the other one. - For example, CVSROOT/history* files gives you information about tag + For example, CVSROOT/history* files give you information about tag operations in lines matching '^T'. Call the tag you will be using for $NEW_TAG and the other one $OLD_TAG.

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@

   $ cvs get -rSMP -kk src/sys

• Go into src/sys and merge from the trunk (make sure that the repository - you use have the new tags from the tagging above, i.e. don't use a mirror + you use has the new tags from the tagging above, i.e. don't use a mirror that has not been updated since that step):

   $ cvs up -j$OLD_TAG -j$NEW_TAG -kk
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@

     I) Readdition of files that have gone dead.  They need to have
        the timestamp in the Entries file changed to /dummy timestamp/
        in order to be accepted by commit.

- II) Under som circumstances cvs just bombs on a file leaving it + II) Under some circumstances cvs just bombs on a file leaving it

         updated and locked in the repository.  In that case something
         like this is needed:

@@ -53,4 +53,4 @@

   $ cvs -q rdiff -u -r$NEW_TAG -rSMP

• It should just by differences related to multiprocessor support. + It should just be differences related to multiprocessor support.

Received on Thu Mar 20 21:59:03 2003