From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lucio De Re To: Linus Torvalds Cc: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: Threads: Sewing badges of honor onto a Kernel Message-ID: <20040227115257.F22848@cackle.proxima.alt.za> References: <20040227101110.E24932@cackle.proxima.alt.za> <64FBCAEA-68FD-11D8-B851-000A95B984D8@mightycheese.com> <20040227103130.E22848@cackle.proxima.alt.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: ; from Linus Torvalds on Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 01:46:27AM -0800 Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 11:52:58 +0200 Topicbox-Message-UUID: fefa1b16-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 01:46:27AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > Why are you ignoring registers? That's what you _should_ use. > Because they are not in the base language? Because they impair portability? Because in my C code, I can't instantiate them as variables without running the risk of my colleagues doing the same in a conflicting manner? Just out of curiosity, how do I get to the private space without a lock? It's been a long time since I studied these things and lots of water has flown under bridges, so I could be missing something. ++L