* [9fans] port/allocb.c question
@ 2009-12-09 16:55 Venkatesh Srinivas
2009-12-09 17:59 ` Charles Forsyth
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From: Venkatesh Srinivas @ 2009-12-09 16:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
Hi,
In _allocb() in port/allocb.c, there is an _xinc(&b->ref) on a long
inside the Block header. No one else ought have a pointer to this
block yet, seeing as its not done being allocated. Is there any reason
a locked increment is being used?
-- vs
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