cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_intr.c subr_sleepqueue.c src/sys/geom geom_io.c src/sys/sys proc.h

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <4329E739.4070707 at samsco.org>, Scott Long writes:

>Well, there is a subtle distinction here that isn't well understood. 
>Sleep mutexes "block", they don't "sleep". 

A good rule of thumb is that userland won't get to run while mutexes are
held, whereas userland may run while a thread is sleeping.

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