[RFC] sema_wait_sig

[Attilio Rao]

On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 6:12 AM, Oleksandr Tymoshenko
<gonzo at bluezbox.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is there any particular reason FreeBSD does not have sema_wait_sig
> function? It seems to be easily implementable using cv_wait_sig
> function.

The sema(9) primitive is considered obsolete/dying.
You should really use mtx + condvar (so just go using cv_wait_sig() directly).

I had a patch to remove it all from the kernel few years ago but I
never got to commit it.
It would be good if we can remove this primitive off before 10.0.

Thanks,
Attilio


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