Subject: Re: Restartable Atomic Sequences
To: None <cgd@broadcom.com>
From: Gregory McGarry <g.mcgarry@ieee.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 07/09/2002 07:58:32
cgd@broadcom.com wrote:
> At Sun, 7 Jul 2002 01:11:26 +0000 (UTC), "Gregory McGarry" wrote:
> > Valid values for type (from Mach) are:
> >
> > RAS_CONTROL_INSTALL_ONE
> > RAS_CONTROL_PURGE_ONE
> > RAS_CONTROL_PURGE_ALL
> > RAS_CONTROL_PURGE_ALL_AND_INSTALL_ONE
> >
> > The semantics basically match the Mach usage. RASs would be
> > inherited across a fork.
>
> (Why is the latter useful enough to merit being implemented?)
As hard as I try, I can't think of any reason.
-- Gregory McGarry <g.mcgarry@ieee.org>