cvs commit: src/share/man/man9 Makefile condvar.9 lock.9 mi_switch.9 mtx_pool.9 mutex.9 rwlock.9 sleep.9 sleepqueue.9 sx.9 thread_exit.9 src/sys/kern kern_synch.c src/sys/sys mutex.h rwlock.h sleepqueue.h sx.h systm.h

Pawel Jakub Dawidek pjd at FreeBSD.org
Mon Mar 12 18:56:49 UTC 2007


On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 11:16:23AM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
> On Saturday 10 March 2007 15:52, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
> > What about something like this:
> > 
> > #define	cv_wait(cv, lock)	do {
> > 	switch (LO_CLASSINDEX((struct lock_object *)(lock))) {
> 
> The problem with a cast is you use type checking.  Might as well do this:
> 
> #define	cv_wait(cv, lock)	_cv_wait((cv), (struct lock_object *)(lock))

This will skip type checking and my version only cast to provide type
checking, so when you pass some random variable it will give you an
error.

> > PS. I'd really like to be able to use condvar(9) with sx(9) locks,
> > because currently I've to manage mu own condvar(9) version for ZFS
> > that does exactly this.
> 
> The patch is already done in //depot/jhb/lock/..., just need to settle on the 
> API.

Ok, good.

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