Re: getting rid of sys/nfs/nfs_lock.c

2019-12-29 Thread Rick Macklem
Dennis Clarke wrote: >On 12/28/19 7:30 PM, Rick Macklem wrote: >> Hi, >> >> sys/nfs/nfs_lock.c uses Giant. Since it has not been used by default since >> March 2008, I suspect it can be removed from head without any impact. >> Post March 2008, the only way this code could be executed is by both >>

Re: getting rid of sys/nfs/nfs_lock.c

2019-12-28 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 12/28/19 7:30 PM, Rick Macklem wrote: Hi, sys/nfs/nfs_lock.c uses Giant. Since it has not been used by default since March 2008, I suspect it can be removed from head without any impact. Post March 2008, the only way this code could be executed is by both building a kernel without "options NF

Re: getting rid of sys/nfs/nfs_lock.c

2019-12-28 Thread Rick Macklem
Oh, I forgot to mention that, post March 2008, this code was replaced by the in kernel nlm found in sys/nlm, which is why it has been in use. From: owner-freebsd-curr...@freebsd.org on behalf of Rick Macklem Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2019 7:30 PM To: