Re: CVS: cvs.openbsd.org: src

[Artur Grabowski <art_(_at_)_blahonga_(_dot_)_org>]

Artur Grabowski <art_(_at_)_cvs_(_dot_)_openbsd_(_dot_)_org> writes:

> CVSROOT:	/cvs
> Module name:	src
> Changes by:	art_(_at_)_cvs_(_dot_)_openbsd_(_dot_)_org	2007/11/27 11:04:01
> 
> Modified files:
> 	sys/sys        : systm.h 
> 	sys/kern       : makesyscalls.sh 
> 
> Log message:
> Add possibility to add flags to syscalls in syscalls.master to mark
> syscalls as NOLOCK and MPSAFE. The flags have slightly different semantics:
> NOLOCK - the syscall doesn't grab any locks whatsoever.
> MPSAFE - the syscall deals with its own locking.
> 
> What this means in practice is that NOLOCK syscalls can always be done
> without the biglock. The MPSAFE syscalls can be done without the biglock
> on CPUs that don't handle interrupts that require biglock (to preserve
> lock ordering).
> 
> deraadt@ ok

Now that I think about it, parts of this might have come from NetBSD
originally. But I don't really remember since I found it in one of my
really ancient trees. So for the record: From NetBSD unless it wasn't.

//art