Subject: Re: Prototype kernel continuation-passing for NetBSD
To: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@dsg.stanford.edu>
From: Nathan J. Williams <nathanw@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 03/26/2004 17:00:07
Jonathan Stone <jonathan@dsg.stanford.edu> writes:
> 6. Matt strongly wants to restrict allocation of kconts to thread-safe context.
> I still have private uses for allocating kconts truly on-the-fly.
> We need to reach closure there.
Uses for allocating kconts on-the-fly from an interrupt, you mean?
That definitely sounds weird to me, and an example (even pseudocode)
would clarify things greatly.
- Nathan