Re: git: kernel - add short-form mutex calls
This low-hanging fruit is driving me nuts, it isn't as low hanging
as I thought it would be. I'm going to hold off on the networking
byte order branch and work on another area.
I am going to simplify the lwkt_token API a bit by hiding the tokrefs
completely, so they don't have to be declared on the kernel stack anymore,
and I am going to integrate a MP lock switch feature into the lwkt_ token
to create something that is easier to use and will make the MPSAFE
porting work easier.
Theoretically this will allow us to lock up subsystems with lwkt tokens
so we don't have to worry about lock ordering issues, and then use
sysctls to turn off the MP lock integrated into the tokens.
I think one of the reasons lwkt_tokens aren't used as much as they could
be is due to the complexity of having to declare the tokref on the
kernel stack. With these changes it may be possible to finally lock up
the I/O paths.
-Matt
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