From c7a52d2672ee2fee61114b576f5053c6b7f53f9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Watson Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 20:11:04 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update language for network stack locking task. Submitted by: sam --- en/releases/5.2R/todo.sgml | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/en/releases/5.2R/todo.sgml b/en/releases/5.2R/todo.sgml index 6c9c4d5f7d..815111c96f 100644 --- a/en/releases/5.2R/todo.sgml +++ b/en/releases/5.2R/todo.sgml @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ - + %includes; %developers; @@ -45,10 +45,11 @@ IPv6) now have fine-grained locking of their data structures. However, it is not yet possible for the netisr threads to run without Giant, due to dependencies on sockets, routing, etc. - A 5.2-RELEASE goal is to have the network stack running largely - without Giant, which should substantially improve performance - of the stack, as well as other system components by reducing - contention on Giant. + A 5.2-RELEASE goal is to have the forwarding path in the network + stack able to run without Giant, which should substantially improve + performance of the stack, as well as other system components by + reducing contention on Giant. For stability reasons, this will + be disabled by default in 5.2.