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In retrospect, turning off Giant over the network by default probably

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deserved a mention on the SMPng web page.  Mention it.
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Robert Watson 2004-11-24 23:47:31 +00:00
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<td> &status.done; </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> Allow code to declare NET_NEEDS_GIANT(), forcing Giant over the
network stack if that code is compiled into the kernel. </td>
<td> &a.rwatson; </td>
<td> 28 August 2004 </td>
<td> &status.done; </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> Disable Giant over the network stack in the default
configuration. </td>
<td> &a.rwatson; </td>
<td> 28 August 2004 </td>
<td> &status.done; </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> Move to using file descriptor reference counts instead of
socket reference counts for socket system calls, avoiding extra
reference couht operations. </td>
<td> &a.rwatson; </td>
<td> 24 October 2004 </td>
<td> &status.done; </td>
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<b>28 August 2004</b>
<ul>
<li>
&a.rwatson; threw the switch to change the network stack to run
without the Giant lock by default, permitting the network stack to be
run on multiple CPUs at a time, as well as to preempt and be
preempted by other code.
</li>
</ul>
<b>30 October 2003</b>
<ul>
<li>