[OpenAFS-devel] global lock and smp

[chas williams - CONTRACTOR]

In message <20050829175300.96CF41BACE@citi.umich.edu>,Jim Rees writes:
>Am I correct in thinking that the global lock is only required for SMP?  If
>I have a traditional unix kernel that's not pre-emptive while in kernel
>mode, can I make the global lock a no-op?

for most platforms, the answer is yes apparently.  its not clear to me
that this is big savings as far as time.  particularly since you can
write code that would be broken on SMP machines.