Christopher Smith wrote:
>
> On Sat, Mar 04, 2000 at 09:36:08AM -0800, Ananth Anathanarayanan wrote:
> > I've uploaded version 1.2 of the kaio kernel patch
> > and the corresponding library. The current patches
> > are for the 2.2 kernel. Soon I'll release 1.2 patches
> > for the 2.3 kernel. Please check "news" and
> > "download/README.patches" from the main project page.
> >
> > As always please don't hesitate to send your feedback!
>
> The "news" section was pretty thin and only mentions that the kernel
> lock isn't used as much and there was some cleanup of unused portions
> of the patch. The README.patches only says there were "extensive"
> changes (although it does give me credit for the helping to identify
> and provide a test case for the 1.1 socket patch --thanks! ;-). Is
> this about all that makes sense or is they're something more?
>
Chris, you are basically right in your assessment of the changes.
There are no functional changes, only fixes for a couple
of potential bugs that were uncovered in reworking the locking
structure. The locking change, however, is significant
and could use some testing.
regards,
ananth.
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